Patterns hidden from simple algorithms

Is the number 9021960864034418159813 random? Educated opinions might vary from "No! No single string can be random," to the more contemptuous "Come on! Those are just the 714th to 733rd digits of π." Yet, to my limited mind, the string did appear random. Is there a way to use som...

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Main Author: Sudan, Madhu (Contributor)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Association for Computing Machinery, 2013-07-02T20:41:35Z.
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