@article{1204,
  abstract     = {In science, as in life, "surprises" can be adequately appreciated only in the presence of a null model, what we expect a priori. In physics, theories sometimes express the values of dimensionless physical constants as combinations of mathematical constants like π or e. The inverse problem also arises, whereby the measured value of a physical constant admits a "surprisingly" simple approximation in terms of well-known mathematical constants. Can we estimate the probability for this to be a mere coincidence, rather than an inkling of some theory? We answer the question in the most naive form.},
  author       = {Amir, Ariel and Lemeshko, Mikhail and Tokieda, Tadashi},
  journal      = {American Mathematical Monthly},
  number       = {6},
  pages        = {609 -- 612},
  publisher    = {Mathematical Association of America},
  title        = {{Surprises in numerical expressions of physical constants}},
  doi          = {10.4169/amer.math.monthly.123.6.609},
  volume       = {123},
  year         = {2016},
}