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Almost all numbers are normal, so it seems like a perfectly reasonable choice of terminology =) [On the other hand, almost none of the numbers someone on the s
by stephencanon 8y ago
Almost all numbers are normal, so it seems like a perfectly reasonable choice of terminology =)
[On the other hand, almost none of the numbers someone on the street might name are normal, so ...]
- pmiller2 8y agoOffhand, I would guess that “normal” is the most overloaded word in mathematics. We should probably use it less.
- wool_gather 8y agoAh, I didn't realize that, thanks! That makes sense now that you say it.
- stephencanon 8y agoAlmost all real numbers are a lot of things, though: - uncomputable - irrational - transcendental - ... So it's not really that good of a justification. =)