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> > If its fractional decimal numbers never do settle into a permanent repe=
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> > pattern it must mean that this constant contains everything that can be=
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> > represented with numbers
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> Nah; no more so than any other irrational number.  e, pi, sqrt(2)...
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> I guess that there must be within pi an arbitrarily long sequence of digi=
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> that matches the first N digits of e.  And vis versa.  And every irration=
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> number must contain within itself a very close approximation of every oth=
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> irrational number.
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> Which is just a meaningless consequence of representation.
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> BillW
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Yes, probably. In this case, representing everything is just as meaningless=
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representing nothing since if you don't know where to look for something it=
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Anyway, I still find those irrational numbers mind-boggling. A beautifull,=
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quirky coinsidence of the mystery that this universe is made up of.

But perhaps I should just look at pi as any other number. Just because I ca=
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any other number, as say 1 or 5 or 0.875463...

/Ruben


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