Re: Re: Creating a Random Function to Select an Irrational
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- Subject: [mg102299] Re: [mg102255] Re: Creating a Random Function to Select an Irrational
- From: Andrzej Kozlowski <akoz at mimuw.edu.pl>
- Date: Tue, 4 Aug 2009 04:30:07 -0400 (EDT)
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On 3 Aug 2009, at 18:45, BenT wrote: > Although I am not > interested in cryptograpy or statistic probabilities for which > "random" numbers are typically used, if not "relied" on, my biggest > concern, that your use of WorkingPrecision partly addresses, is the > prevention of repeating digits within the "random" value which would > imply some sort of "rationality" to the number. Of course you can get any number of repeated digits in a finite expansion of an irrational number. Look for example at the last 6 digits of this: N[Pi, 768] (actually, these last digits should all be 9, as you see by looking at N[Pi, 769]]. If you go long enough you will find a repeating sequence of any length (to get 7 successive repeated digits you need to take a total of 710107 digits of Pi). Thus, there is no advantage in using finite expansions of symbolic irrationals over using RandomReal with high WorkingPrecision. Andrzej Kozlowski
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