Pi inside pi inside pi ..

Edi

If pi is infinite and nonrepetive and every number combination is in pi, somewhere, does that mean pi itself is in pi somewhere.. ? (that would make it periodic)

CompuChip

Yes, it is, starting at the first digit :)

jbriggs444

If pi is "normal in base ten" then that would mean that every _finite_ sequence of decimal digits occurs somewhere in the decimal expansion of pi.

There can only be countably many non-terminating decimal expansions found in consecutive digits in the decimal expansion of pi -- the one starting at the first digit, the one starting at the second digit, the one starting at the third digit, etc.

Since there are uncountably many non-terminating decimal expansions, it is certain that not all of them appear.

Dead Boss

Is there any proof that every (finite) number combination is in pi?

telecomguy

The string 31415926 occurs at position 50,366,472 counting from the first digit after the decimal point.

http://www.angio.net/pi/bigpi.cgi

jbriggs444

It is not known whether pi is normal in base 10.

0xDEADBEEF

[itex]\pi[/itex] is not periodic. If it were it would be in [itex]\mathbb{Q}[/itex] which it isn't.

HallsofIvy

Interesting but does not answer the question which was about the entire countable string. On the other hand, Edi seems to be under the impression that we could have entire string, then additional digits which is not possible.

Edi, it is NOT known whether "every number combination is in pi" is true or not.

Khashishi

You are looking for a number n such that 10^n*pi-pi is an integer. Call this integer q.
Then (10^n-1)*pi = q
pi = q/(10^n-1)
To find such an n, pi would have to be a rational number, which is isn't.
So, no, pi cannot repeat or contain itself.

jbriggs444

As has been pointed out, n=0, q=0 satisfies this criterion. Pi contains itself -- in a trivial sense.

Yes
pi = 0/0 ?

Khashishi

you know what I meant.

CompuChip

Happy?

jbriggs444

Well, I could be even more picky and take n = 0.1200175... and q = 1.

micromass

Please stop hijacking this thread. We all know what Khashishi meant.