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Comment on 'Pi in the Sky' by Frolop and Scott: They Lie

@article{Melott2017CommentO,
  title={Comment on 'Pi in the Sky' by Frolop and Scott: They Lie},
  author={Adrian L. Melott},
  journal={arXiv: Popular Physics},
  year={2017}
}
  • A. Melott
  • Published 31 March 2017
  • Art
  • arXiv: Popular Physics
Frolop and Scott (2016) claim significant 1-1 correspondence between anomalies in the cosmic microwave background (CMB) and the digits of pi, which they call 'Pi in the Sky'. They have without attribution republished the famous work of Joe Hill (Hill 1911), who first proposed this idea, then repudiated it. 

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Pi in the Sky

Deviations of the observed cosmic microwave background (CMB) from the standard model, known as "anomalies", are obviously highly significant and deserve to be pursued more aggressively in order to