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3 claims from 3 papers

1. Mathematics › Analytic Number Theory Research

   Random Generators and Normal Numbers

   Bailey and Crandall · Experimental Mathematics · 2002

   The authors prove that certain explicit constants are normal in a given base, using pseudorandom number generator ideas, and show that isolated digits of these numbers can be computed surprisingly quickly.

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   1. Supported · 71%The paper reports that the 10^100-th binary digit of the constant α2,3 is 0, found by direct calculation of that single digit.“For example, we find that the googol-th (i.e., 10100 -th) binary bit of α2,3 is 0.”

2. Mathematics › Analytic Number Theory Research

   A SAT Attack on the Erdős Discrepancy Conjecture

   Konev and Lisitsa · Lecture notes in computer science · 2014

   The paper encodes the Erdős discrepancy problem as Boolean satisfiability, uses SAT solvers to settle the case C=2, and reports partial results for C=3.

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   1. Supported · 71%Using SAT solvers, the authors found a ±1 sequence of length 1160 with discrepancy 2 and a proof that none of length 1161 exists.“We show that by encoding the problem into Boolean satisfiability and applying the state of the art SAT solvers, one can obtain a sequence of length 1160 with discrepancy 2 and a proof of the Erdos discrepancy conjecture for C=2, claiming that no sequence of length 1161 and discrepancy 2 exists.”

3. Mathematics › Analytic Number Theory Research

   The Irrationality Measure of Pi is at most 7.103205334137...

   Zeilberger and Zudilin · arXiv (Cornell University) · 2019

   The authors adapt Salikhov's proof to lower the known upper bound on the irrationality measure of pi from 7.606308... to 7.103205334137..., aided by a Maple package.

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   1. Supported · 71%The irrationality measure of pi, a gauge of how well rationals can approximate it, is at most about 7.1032, improving on Salikhov's bound of about 7.6063.“We use a variant of Salikhov's ingenious proof that the irrationality measure of $π$ is at most $7.606308\dots$ to prove that, in fact, it is at most $7.103205334137\dots$.”