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Eeeeeeeeeeeeyaaaaaaaaaahhhhhh! by dogman02002-05-13 07:38:21
  2 problems... by Baggins 2002-05-13 08:22:35
  1. It should (to be mathematically correct) "every possible finite sequence of digits". At least, if you want to talk about contiguous sequences. If you're willing to pick a digit here, a digit there, then it works out just fine. The base-k expansion of $\pi$ (That's TeX-ese for the Greek letter corresponding to 'p') contains itself as a proper subsequence.
  2. There should be some allowance for the requirement that digits occur randomly. The decimal expansion of 1/3 is infinite but most definitely does not contain all sequences of numbers in any sense.
It has been proved that every finite sequence does in fact occur in the base-k expansion of $\pi$.

~~Your friendly neighborhood math major
The rest of this sentence is

[ Reply ]
    that's apparently what the quote meant... by dogman02002-05-13 08:40:02
      Either that, or.. by IByte2002-05-13 12:48:24
        Base-k expansions by SMcV2002-05-13 13:46:57
          Waddya know, I actually did know what it was... by IByte2002-05-13 17:02:17

 

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