Dr. Dobb's Python-URL! - weekly Python news and links (Mar 17)

Peter Hansen peter at engcorp.com
Mon Mar 17 22:57:21 EST 2003


Erik Max Francis wrote:
> 
> Peter Hansen wrote:
> 
> > Ah, you've been reading Contact again, haven't you?  :-)
> 
> Probably just that pi is normal:
> 
>         http://mathworld.wolfram.com/NormalNumber.html
> 
> It has not been proven that pi is normal, but it is strongly suspected.
> If it's normal, then every finite sequence of digits in any base _does_
> appear with the expected frequency.

But it's irrational, right?  So irrationality is now defined as normal?
Great... makes my life easier. ;-)

-around-here-rhubarb-pi-is-unusual-but-still-welcome-ly y'rs,
Peter




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