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[–] 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

The point of pi is that it’s non-repeating

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  • [–] 26 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Take a look at 0.101001000100001... This number is also non-repeating, but obviously doesn't contain all numbers with finite digits.

    The property you're looking for is called to be a normal number. Pi is assumed to be one, but it hasn't yet been proven.

    However, in a sense this is an unremarkable property as almost all real numbers are normal. :)

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    At work at the moment so can't go deep into it. But I think you misunderstand what non repeating numbers mean. Of course there are repeating numbers within pi which is fine, the issue would be if ALL the digits were to simply cycle over and repeat themselves. If however there are a few trillion digits then a series of 1's and 0's for ever, pi is still non repeating

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  • [–] -1 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Did you read what I responded to?

    It could just become a series of 1’s repeating forever.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I did read it, I also wrote it. Wasn't trying to put you down or anything just sharing a bit of knowledge I found interesting. I know many people (my self included at one point) assumed pi would have to include everything when that just isn't true. Apologies if I did a bad job explaining it though

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