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Article #236Re: Can Chaos Be Predictable?
From: W.A.Simon
Date: Sat, 22 Jun 1991 14:01
Date: Sat, 22 Jun 1991 14:01
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In <1991Jun22.133638.3258@elevia.UUCP> alain@elevia.UUCP (W.A.Simon) writes:
> Which brings me back to the Ulam sequences we discussed the
> other day (aka hailstone numbers). Are the odd/even transitions
> in the sequences known to contain identifiable patterns? In
> other words, would a string of 0's and 1's matching, respectively,
> even numbers and odd numbers in the sequence, be considered to be
> a random bit stream?
Before I get skewered on a Hilbert curve, let me rephrase
this. Would the tools of statistical analysis (Chi-Square,
etc...) identify that this sequence is not random ?
--
William "Alain" Simon
UUCP: alain@elevia.UUCP
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