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Unread 6 Nov 2003, 14:56   #17
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Re: WARNING: Do NOT calculate Pi in binary

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Originally Posted by acropolis
i'm suddenly curious about this.

offhand i'd guess they'd be about the same size, and i'm always right, so it seems likely.

but i'll check in class.
Given that any finite substring of pi is repeated infinite number of times, it's given that the average position of bitstrings within pi will be greated that the size of the string.
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