tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-264226589944705290.post5640679430233523147..comments2023-11-05T03:45:25.001-08:00Comments on God Plays Dice: Variations on the drunken-bird theorem, and real-world sightingsMichael Lugohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15671307315028242949noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-264226589944705290.post-66061075248399660602007-09-04T22:57:00.000-07:002007-09-04T22:57:00.000-07:00I remember as an undergrad hearing the drunk flatl...I remember as an undergrad hearing the drunk flatlander/spacelander thing, and also hearing that the transition between returning to your home and not happens in dimension 2.5. I have never seen a proof of this and I'm not even quite sure how to formalize the idea (<I>which</I> 2.5 dimensional space?). I also don't know if random walks return home in 2.5 dimensions or not.<BR/><BR/>Can anybody prove or verify any of these claims?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-264226589944705290.post-90324298042313568042007-09-04T18:53:00.000-07:002007-09-04T18:53:00.000-07:00Yeah, I know. They'd heard of the Everything Semi...Yeah, I know. They'd heard of the Everything Seminar and the Secret Blogging Seminar. More than anything, I was amused by the fact that I was being mentioned in the same sentence as Tao.<BR/><BR/>come to think of it, I really should add some more links.Michael Lugohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15671307315028242949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-264226589944705290.post-27631713392136687792007-09-04T18:49:00.000-07:002007-09-04T18:49:00.000-07:00Bleh. Everybody knows Tao's, more because of his ...Bleh. Everybody knows Tao's, more because of his Fields Medal than because of any math-blog cred. Go tell all the first-years about the <I>n-Category Café</I>, the <I>Everything Seminar</I>, the <I>Secret Blogging Seminar</I>...<BR/><BR/>(oh, and maybe <I>The Unapologetic Mathematician</I>, while you're at it)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com