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[Erik Max Francis]

"Greg Ewing (using news.cis.dfn.de)" wrote:

> Okay, for my next program I'll just use
> pi[479832797692707213:479832797692783208].

Normal doesn't quite mean random; the Champernowne constant
(0.123456789101112...) is proven to be normal, for instance, but it is
hardly what one would consider random.  I don't know if choosing very
large indexes into the Champernowne's decimal expansion would be
considered sufficiently random; I suppose it would.

But, as I said, in any case, pi is _suspected_ of being normal, but it
is not yet known to be.

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