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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?

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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?

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Asklemmy · 2 days ago

How about ANY FINITE SEQUENCE AT ALL?

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Yes.

And if you’re thinking of a compression algorithm, nope, pigeonhole principle.

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