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From: David Entwistle <qnivq.ragjvfgyr@ogvagrearg.pbz>
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Subject: Re: Repeated digits in Pi -- the Feynman point
Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2025 07:29:02 -0000 (UTC)
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On Mon, 23 Jun 2025 19:58:59 +0000, HenHanna wrote:

>          Really?   i thought  Pi was random.

It may look somewhat random, but no. There's a method that allows the 
calculation of any digit of pi, in isolation of all the other digits.

<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Bailey%E2%80%93Borwein%E2%80%93Plouffe_formula>

I haven't looked in detail, but it looks interesting.

-- 
David Entwistle