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Re: Re: A problem in Pi digits as Lattice space filling

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  • Subject: [mg94049] Re: [mg93889] Re: A problem in Pi digits as Lattice space filling
  • From: DrMajorBob <btreat1 at austin.rr.com>
  • Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2008 05:43:34 -0500 (EST)
  • References: <ggj7co$j2i$1@smc.vnet.net> <200811261222.HAA22459@smc.vnet.net>
  • Reply-to: drmajorbob at longhorns.com

Such samples can be very convincing, but they do not constitute proof.

In this case, the sample convinces me utterly that the digits are not  
normal; it merely INDICATES that their distribution might be uniform.

Bobby

On Fri, 28 Nov 2008 04:05:16 -0600, Roger Bagula <rlbagula at sbcglobal.net>  
wrote:

> DrMajorBob wrote:
>
>>> first some picky things. The digits in Pi are not normal, but uniformly
>>> distributed
>>>
>>>
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>> I doubt that (uniformity) is actually known. Is it?
>>
>> Bobby
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>>>
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> Computed it to a number of digits:
>  >Pi digit occurances are flat. For 1.2 trillion decimal digits (Kanada),
>  >>
>  >> 0: 119,999,636,735
>  >> 1: 120,000,035,569
>  >> 2: 120,000,620,567
>  >> 3: 119,999,716,885
>  >> 4: 120,000,114,112
>  >> 5: 119,999,710,206
>  >> 6: 119,999,941,333
>  >> 7: 119,999,740,505
>  >> 8: 120,000,830,484
>  >> 9: 119,999,653,604
>  >>
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> http://www.builtonfacts.com/2008/07/26/off-the-normal-path/
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>



-- 
DrMajorBob at longhorns.com


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