Dr. Dobb's Python-URL! - weekly Python news and links (Mar 17)

Jp Calderone exarkun at intarweb.us
Wed Mar 19 19:20:55 EST 2003


On Thu, Mar 20, 2003 at 12:15:48AM +0000, Robin Becker wrote:
> In article <mailman.1048105833.20269.python-list at python.org>, Tim Peters
> <tim.one at comcast.net> writes
> >[Robin Becker]
> >> I assume absolute normality excludes the case where one expresses the
> >> number in itself as a base or am I being more than usually stupid.
> >
> >It has to do with digit distribution in conventional positional notation in
> >positive integer bases (>= 2).  Google will lead you to a precise definition
   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> >faster than I can regurgitate one.
> 
> well in base pi, pi has a a value which isn't exactly random.
> [snip]

  Jp

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