> If its fractional decimal numbers never do settle into a permanent repeat= ing=20 > pattern it must mean that this constant contains everything that can be=20 > represented with numbers Nah; no more so than any other irrational number. e, pi, sqrt(2)=85 I guess that there must be within pi an arbitrarily long sequence of digits= that matches the first N digits of e. And vis versa. And every irrationa= l number must contain within itself a very close approximation of every oth= er irrational number. Which is just a meaningless consequence of representation. BillW --=20 http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .