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Another nice concept: normal numbers. These are numbers which have a very basic property of randomness: getting the block frequencies right. [1] The strong law
by sn41 8y ago
Another nice concept: normal numbers. These are numbers which have a very basic property of randomness: getting the block frequencies right. [1]
The strong law of large numbers implies that almost every number in the unit interval is normal.
Giving a simple construction of a normal, and proving that it is indeed normal, is quite difficult.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normal_number https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normal_number
- QML 8y agoIn relation to the article posted, there is a conjecture which states all algebraic, irrational numbers are normal.