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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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How about ANY FINITE SEQUENCE AT ALL?

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ProfessorScience@lemmy.world
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Rare in this context is a question of density. There are infinitely many integers within the real numbers, for example, but there are far more non-integers than integers. So integers are more rare within the real.

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KeenFlame@feddit.nu
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There is not density in infinity

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ProfessorScience@lemmy.world
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I think you mean “I don’t understand density in infinity”.

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Urist@lemmy.ml
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They should look up the classic example of rationals in the real numbers. Their statement could hardly be more wrong.

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