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How about ANY FINITE SEQUENCE AT ALL?

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[โ€“] Lanthanae@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

They didn't convert anything to anything, and the 1.010010001... number isn't binary

[โ€“] Umbrias@beehaw.org 1 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

then it's not relevant to the question as it is not pi.

[โ€“] spireghost@lemmy.zip 2 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago)

The question is

Since pi is infinite and non-repeating, would it mean...

Then the answer is mathematically, no. If X is infinite and non-repeating it doesn't.

If a number is normal, infinite, and non-repeating, then yes.

To answer the real question "Does any finite sequence of non-repeating numbers appear somewhere in Pi?"

The answer depends on if Pi is normal or not, but not necessarily