HonoraryMancunian@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agoA number chosen truly at random will have infinite digitsmessage-squaremessage-square21fedilinkarrow-up113arrow-down130
arrow-up1-17arrow-down1message-squareA number chosen truly at random will have infinite digitsHonoraryMancunian@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square21fedilink
minus-squareCrul@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-211 months agoDoesn’t it depends on whether we are talking about real or integer numbers? EDIT: I think it also works with p-adic numbers.
minus-squareMoobythegoldensock@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 months agoNo. In the set of real numbers it is still very possible to randomly select a number that can be written with finite digits.
Doesn’t it depends on whether we are talking about real or integer numbers?
EDIT: I think it also works with p-adic numbers.
No. In the set of real numbers it is still very possible to randomly select a number that can be written with finite digits.