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Since Pi is infinite and non-repeating, would that mean any finite sequence of non-repeating numbers should appear somewhere in Pi? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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How about ANY FINITE SEQUENCE AT ALL?

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 months ago (2 children)

They're not writing in binary. They're defining a base 10 number that is 0.11, followed by a single 0, then 1, then two 0s, then 1, then three 0s, then 1, and so on. The definition ensures that it never repeats, but because it only contains 1 and 0, it would never contain any sequence with the numbers 2 through 9.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

Thanks for the consideration for my pronouns XD

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago

And you can strongman this by first using the string 23456789 at the start. It does contain all base 10 digits but not 22.