| ▲ | skulk 5 hours ago | |
Not really. You can simulate a probability of 1/x by expanding 1/x in binary and flipping a coin repeatedly, once for each digit, until the coin matches the digit (assign heads and tails to 0 and 1 consistently). If the match happened on 1, then it's a positive result, otherwise negative. This only requires arbitrary but finite precision but the probability is exactly equal to 1/x which isn't rational. | ||
| ▲ | jibal 2 hours ago | parent [-] | |
No, it isn't ... an infinite expansion isn't possible. | ||