pondering_it_all
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PI (3.14159265359....) is an infinitely complex arrangement of digits, each, in the long run, no more likely to turn up than any other digit. Yet PI can be completely defined by : PI/4 = 1 - 1/3 + 1/5 - 1/7 + 1/9 - 1/11 + ······ An infinite object expressed by a finite number of symbols.
A small finite number of symbols, but an infinite number of terms.