Thread: WARNING: Do NOT calculate Pi in binary
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Unread 6 Nov 2003, 15:00   #18
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Re: WARNING: Do NOT calculate Pi in binary
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Originally Posted by W
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.
if it takes a million digits into pi (binary) to get a twenty bit sequence you want, it will take about 20 bits to state it's location.
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