https://mahurin.us/robtasm/enContents © 2026 <a href="mailto:robert.s.mahurin@gmail.com">rob mahurin</a> Sat, 31 Jan 2026 03:07:36 GMTNikola (getnikola.com)http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rsshttps://mahurin.us/robtasm/posts/2025/07/01/everything-looks-like-a-%CF%80/rob mahurin<div><p>Here's a cute little computation. Suppose you pick two uniform random numbers. What's the probability that their ratio rounds to an even number? It's straightforward enough to get "this is a sum that looks like it's probably famous." But it turns out that different definitions of rounding pull in different transcendental constants.</p> <p><iframe style="width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 560/315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/socTu-NZlUs" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen></iframe> </p> <p><a href="https://mahurin.us/robtasm/posts/2025/07/01/everything-looks-like-a-%CF%80/">Read more…</a> (1 min remaining to read)</p></div>mathnerdyoutubehttps://mahurin.us/robtasm/posts/2025/07/01/everything-looks-like-a-%CF%80/Wed, 02 Jul 2025 00:25:28 GMT