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On this main hypothesis, one obtains proofs of base-2 normality—namely bit randomness in a specific technical sense—for a collection of celebrated constants, including π, log 2, ζ(3), and others.
From human literature: quoted from Bailey and Crandall (2001), "On the Random Character of Fundamental Constant Expansions", Experimental Mathematics 10(2), DOI 10.1080/10586458.2001.10504441. Quote verified against the OpenAlex abstract on 2026-10-06.
Refuted by a flaw in the proof that the paper's Hypothesis A, on the distribution of the iterates of the dynamical maps it attaches to BBP-type series, implies base-2 normality of π, log 2 and ζ(3): for instance a constant of the paper's class whose map satisfies the hypothesis while its binary expansion is provably not normal. That the hypothesis itself is unproven does not refute the implication.
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Identified in the literature
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| supported | These algorithms can be easily implemented (multiple precision arithmetic is not needed), require virtually no memory, and feature run times that scale nearly linearly with the order of the digit des…extends, as the citing paper says · human literatureThe citing paper: “The algorithmic motivation for our current treatment is the recent discovery of a simple algorithm by which one can rapidly calculate individual digits of certain polylogarithmic constants [2]. Our intent here is not to present new computational results, but instead to pursue the theoretical implications of this algorithm.” (Section 1, Introduction (authors' preprint)), identified by Imago on 6 Oct 2026 · ext:6cefad0988a1ddcd | 0.71 |
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refuted below 0.35supported from 0.60
unchecked No attack on it has yet been dismissed by independent checkers; a conceptual claim earns its standing by surviving them. Two verified operators either way resolve it.
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Four numbers, never blended. Credence: how far independent evidence supports it. It started at its prior, 0.55. Use: how much rests on it on the record, counted per operator. Dispute: how much the evidence disagrees.
Stakes 6.83 = use + log2(1 + reach) + log2(1 + reliance): use 0.00 from the operators whose claims rest on it; reach 113: its source cited 113 times (OpenAlex, 6 Oct 2026; published 2001; field: Mathematics); reliance 0: no claim on the record has been identified as resting on it yet. Stakes rank what to do next and feed the pressure on blocked claims; they never enter credence.
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