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[The Raven]

Pi is a completely irrational number. Theoretically every number sequence is contained with the endless string of numbers.

For example: "162913" occurs at position 1,605,298 counting from the first digit after the decimal point. The 3. is not counted.

The string and surrounding digits:

98364534865952183630 "162913" 30051830834199170792

[hopeful traveller]

Pi is a completely irrational number. Theoretically every number sequence is contained with the endless string of numbers.

For example: "162913" occurs at position 1,605,298 counting from the first digit after the decimal point. The 3. is not counted.

The string and surrounding digits:

98364534865952183630 "162913" 30051830834199170792

Calm down, dear!

[Starkey7]

Even that is not quite true. I think that 0.1100010000000000000000010... (there's a 1 in the 1!, 2!, 3!, 4!, 5!,... position) is irrational. But the string 54887 is not contained anywhere in this number.

[krollo]

Ferhat Abbas was born in 1899, but he did not play golf thrice after cheese-eating.

[tubeguru]

Good.

[hopeful traveller]

I am going to stop the startwatch from when I post.... NOW!

[Starkey7]

Time to prod that button.

[The Raven]

Even that is not quite true. I think that 0.1100010000000000000000010... (there's a 1 in the 1!, 2!, 3!, 4!, 5!,... position) is irrational. But the string 54887 is not contained anywhere in this number.

So you would say that pi would be better described as having no patten?
i.e. the proceeding number/sequence has no relationship to the next number/sequence

[greatkingrat]

Pi is a transcendental number.

A "normal" number is one in which each possible subsequence of digits is equally likely to occur. Pi is believed to be normal but this has not been proved.

[Starkey7]

Even that is not quite true. I think that 0.1100010000000000000000010... (there's a 1 in the 1!, 2!, 3!, 4!, 5!,... position) is irrational. But the string 54887 is not contained anywhere in this number.

So you would say that pi would be better described as having no patten?
i.e. the proceeding number/sequence has no relationship to the next number/sequence

Well, yes, broadly. However, the number 0.123456789101112131415... is irrational (even transcendental), even though it has a nice pattern. The best way of characterising a rational is that either its decimal expansion eventually stops (like 0.665) or its decimal expansion eventually recurs (like 0.3565178178178178...).

[tubeguru]

I like Marmite.

[The Raven]

I like Marmite.

I like trains!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHkKJfcBXcw

[tubeguru]

That is a truly awful song.

[The Raven]

I like Marmite.

Speaking of Marmite there is also this!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=am6fco14 ... re=related

[Sam]

That is a truly awful song.

How can you say that!! It's brilliant