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Is infinite sequence of irrational numbers digits mathematically observable?



Announcing the arrival of Valued Associate #679: Cesar Manara
Planned maintenance scheduled April 23, 2019 at 23:30 UTC (7:30pm US/Eastern)Does Pi contain all possible number combinations?Computing decimal digits of irrational numbersArbitrary Sequence of Digits in Irrational NumberDigits of two irrational numbers, given their power with fixed number of digitsIrrationality of $pi$ another proof“Multivariable” version of this lemma about showing analytically that a number is irrational.The sum $sum_n=1^infty min_kle nalpha k$ for irrational $alpha$Infinite sequence of digits without consecutive repeating subsequenesFinding the two planes that contain a given line and form the same angle with two other linesIs this formula for $frace^2-3e^2+1$ known? How to prove it?Irrational and transcendental numbers of the form $sum_n=1^inftyfracoperatornamerad(n)^alphas_n$: proof verification and examples










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I have a little question. In fact, is too short.




Is infinite sequence of irrational numbers digits mathematically observable?




I would like to explain it by example because the question seems unclear in this way.



A simple example:




$sqrt 2=1,41421356237309504880168872420969\807856967187537694807317667973799073247\846210703885038753432764157273501384623\091229702492483605585073721264412149709\993583141322266592750559275579995050115\278206057147010955997160597027453459686\201472851741864088 cdots$



Is it possible to prove that there is no combination of $left0,0,0right$, $left1,1,1right$ or $left2,2,2right$ in this writing?




By symbolic mathematical definition,



Let, $phi_sqrt 2(n)$ is n'th digit function of $sqrt 2.$




Question: Is there an exist such a $ninmathbbZ^+$, then $phi_sqrt 2(n)=0, phi_sqrt 2(n+1)=0, phi_sqrt 2(n+2)=0$ ?




Or other combinations can be equal,



$$phi_sqrt 2(n)=0, phi_sqrt 2(n+1)=1,phi_sqrt 2(n+2)=2, phi_sqrt 2(n+3)=3, phi_sqrt 2(n+4)=4, phi_sqrt 2(n+5)=5$$



Here, $sqrt 2$ is an only simple example. The question is not just
$sqrt 2$.




Generalization of the question is :



For function $phi _alpha (n)$, is it possible to find any integer sequence ? where $alpha$ is an any irrational number or constant ($e,picdots$ and etc).




I "think" , the answer is undecidability. Because, we can not observe infinity. Of course, I dont know the correct answer.



Sorry about the grammar and translation errors in my English.



Thank you very much.










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    I see two questions here, and they are not the same question. The first question is, "Is infinity mathematically observable?" The second question is, "Do irrational numbers contain every possible sequence of digits?" Which of these two questions is the one you intend to ask?
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    – Tanner Swett
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    What exactly do you mean by "observable" here? It's also not exactly clear what "infinity" means in this context either; it means many different things in many different mathematical fields.
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    There are certainly irrational numbers which do not contain 000 anywhere in their decimal expansion. For example, the number whose digits begin 0.10110111011110111110111111011111110111111110 and so on, with the length of the sequence of 1s increasing after each 0. It is clearly not rational -- the decimal expansion never enters a repeating loop -- and also just as clearly never produces 000 as a sequence of digits.
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$begingroup$


I have a little question. In fact, is too short.




Is infinite sequence of irrational numbers digits mathematically observable?




I would like to explain it by example because the question seems unclear in this way.



A simple example:




$sqrt 2=1,41421356237309504880168872420969\807856967187537694807317667973799073247\846210703885038753432764157273501384623\091229702492483605585073721264412149709\993583141322266592750559275579995050115\278206057147010955997160597027453459686\201472851741864088 cdots$



Is it possible to prove that there is no combination of $left0,0,0right$, $left1,1,1right$ or $left2,2,2right$ in this writing?




By symbolic mathematical definition,



Let, $phi_sqrt 2(n)$ is n'th digit function of $sqrt 2.$




Question: Is there an exist such a $ninmathbbZ^+$, then $phi_sqrt 2(n)=0, phi_sqrt 2(n+1)=0, phi_sqrt 2(n+2)=0$ ?




Or other combinations can be equal,



$$phi_sqrt 2(n)=0, phi_sqrt 2(n+1)=1,phi_sqrt 2(n+2)=2, phi_sqrt 2(n+3)=3, phi_sqrt 2(n+4)=4, phi_sqrt 2(n+5)=5$$



Here, $sqrt 2$ is an only simple example. The question is not just
$sqrt 2$.




Generalization of the question is :



For function $phi _alpha (n)$, is it possible to find any integer sequence ? where $alpha$ is an any irrational number or constant ($e,picdots$ and etc).




I "think" , the answer is undecidability. Because, we can not observe infinity. Of course, I dont know the correct answer.



Sorry about the grammar and translation errors in my English.



Thank you very much.










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    Possible duplicate of Does Pi contain all possible number combinations?
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    – Xander Henderson
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  • $begingroup$
    arxiv.org/abs/math/0411418
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    – Count Iblis
    Mar 26 at 2:19






  • 6




    $begingroup$
    I see two questions here, and they are not the same question. The first question is, "Is infinity mathematically observable?" The second question is, "Do irrational numbers contain every possible sequence of digits?" Which of these two questions is the one you intend to ask?
    $endgroup$
    – Tanner Swett
    Mar 26 at 2:33






  • 3




    $begingroup$
    What exactly do you mean by "observable" here? It's also not exactly clear what "infinity" means in this context either; it means many different things in many different mathematical fields.
    $endgroup$
    – Theo Bendit
    Mar 26 at 4:28






  • 2




    $begingroup$
    There are certainly irrational numbers which do not contain 000 anywhere in their decimal expansion. For example, the number whose digits begin 0.10110111011110111110111111011111110111111110 and so on, with the length of the sequence of 1s increasing after each 0. It is clearly not rational -- the decimal expansion never enters a repeating loop -- and also just as clearly never produces 000 as a sequence of digits.
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    – Daniel Wagner
    Mar 26 at 5:22














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2


1



$begingroup$


I have a little question. In fact, is too short.




Is infinite sequence of irrational numbers digits mathematically observable?




I would like to explain it by example because the question seems unclear in this way.



A simple example:




$sqrt 2=1,41421356237309504880168872420969\807856967187537694807317667973799073247\846210703885038753432764157273501384623\091229702492483605585073721264412149709\993583141322266592750559275579995050115\278206057147010955997160597027453459686\201472851741864088 cdots$



Is it possible to prove that there is no combination of $left0,0,0right$, $left1,1,1right$ or $left2,2,2right$ in this writing?




By symbolic mathematical definition,



Let, $phi_sqrt 2(n)$ is n'th digit function of $sqrt 2.$




Question: Is there an exist such a $ninmathbbZ^+$, then $phi_sqrt 2(n)=0, phi_sqrt 2(n+1)=0, phi_sqrt 2(n+2)=0$ ?




Or other combinations can be equal,



$$phi_sqrt 2(n)=0, phi_sqrt 2(n+1)=1,phi_sqrt 2(n+2)=2, phi_sqrt 2(n+3)=3, phi_sqrt 2(n+4)=4, phi_sqrt 2(n+5)=5$$



Here, $sqrt 2$ is an only simple example. The question is not just
$sqrt 2$.




Generalization of the question is :



For function $phi _alpha (n)$, is it possible to find any integer sequence ? where $alpha$ is an any irrational number or constant ($e,picdots$ and etc).




I "think" , the answer is undecidability. Because, we can not observe infinity. Of course, I dont know the correct answer.



Sorry about the grammar and translation errors in my English.



Thank you very much.










share|cite|improve this question











$endgroup$




I have a little question. In fact, is too short.




Is infinite sequence of irrational numbers digits mathematically observable?




I would like to explain it by example because the question seems unclear in this way.



A simple example:




$sqrt 2=1,41421356237309504880168872420969\807856967187537694807317667973799073247\846210703885038753432764157273501384623\091229702492483605585073721264412149709\993583141322266592750559275579995050115\278206057147010955997160597027453459686\201472851741864088 cdots$



Is it possible to prove that there is no combination of $left0,0,0right$, $left1,1,1right$ or $left2,2,2right$ in this writing?




By symbolic mathematical definition,



Let, $phi_sqrt 2(n)$ is n'th digit function of $sqrt 2.$




Question: Is there an exist such a $ninmathbbZ^+$, then $phi_sqrt 2(n)=0, phi_sqrt 2(n+1)=0, phi_sqrt 2(n+2)=0$ ?




Or other combinations can be equal,



$$phi_sqrt 2(n)=0, phi_sqrt 2(n+1)=1,phi_sqrt 2(n+2)=2, phi_sqrt 2(n+3)=3, phi_sqrt 2(n+4)=4, phi_sqrt 2(n+5)=5$$



Here, $sqrt 2$ is an only simple example. The question is not just
$sqrt 2$.




Generalization of the question is :



For function $phi _alpha (n)$, is it possible to find any integer sequence ? where $alpha$ is an any irrational number or constant ($e,picdots$ and etc).




I "think" , the answer is undecidability. Because, we can not observe infinity. Of course, I dont know the correct answer.



Sorry about the grammar and translation errors in my English.



Thank you very much.







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    – Xander Henderson
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  • $begingroup$
    arxiv.org/abs/math/0411418
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    – Count Iblis
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    $begingroup$
    I see two questions here, and they are not the same question. The first question is, "Is infinity mathematically observable?" The second question is, "Do irrational numbers contain every possible sequence of digits?" Which of these two questions is the one you intend to ask?
    $endgroup$
    – Tanner Swett
    Mar 26 at 2:33






  • 3




    $begingroup$
    What exactly do you mean by "observable" here? It's also not exactly clear what "infinity" means in this context either; it means many different things in many different mathematical fields.
    $endgroup$
    – Theo Bendit
    Mar 26 at 4:28






  • 2




    $begingroup$
    There are certainly irrational numbers which do not contain 000 anywhere in their decimal expansion. For example, the number whose digits begin 0.10110111011110111110111111011111110111111110 and so on, with the length of the sequence of 1s increasing after each 0. It is clearly not rational -- the decimal expansion never enters a repeating loop -- and also just as clearly never produces 000 as a sequence of digits.
    $endgroup$
    – Daniel Wagner
    Mar 26 at 5:22













  • 1




    $begingroup$
    Possible duplicate of Does Pi contain all possible number combinations?
    $endgroup$
    – Xander Henderson
    Mar 26 at 2:05










  • $begingroup$
    arxiv.org/abs/math/0411418
    $endgroup$
    – Count Iblis
    Mar 26 at 2:19






  • 6




    $begingroup$
    I see two questions here, and they are not the same question. The first question is, "Is infinity mathematically observable?" The second question is, "Do irrational numbers contain every possible sequence of digits?" Which of these two questions is the one you intend to ask?
    $endgroup$
    – Tanner Swett
    Mar 26 at 2:33






  • 3




    $begingroup$
    What exactly do you mean by "observable" here? It's also not exactly clear what "infinity" means in this context either; it means many different things in many different mathematical fields.
    $endgroup$
    – Theo Bendit
    Mar 26 at 4:28






  • 2




    $begingroup$
    There are certainly irrational numbers which do not contain 000 anywhere in their decimal expansion. For example, the number whose digits begin 0.10110111011110111110111111011111110111111110 and so on, with the length of the sequence of 1s increasing after each 0. It is clearly not rational -- the decimal expansion never enters a repeating loop -- and also just as clearly never produces 000 as a sequence of digits.
    $endgroup$
    – Daniel Wagner
    Mar 26 at 5:22








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Possible duplicate of Does Pi contain all possible number combinations?
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Mar 26 at 2:19




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$begingroup$
I see two questions here, and they are not the same question. The first question is, "Is infinity mathematically observable?" The second question is, "Do irrational numbers contain every possible sequence of digits?" Which of these two questions is the one you intend to ask?
$endgroup$
– Tanner Swett
Mar 26 at 2:33




$begingroup$
I see two questions here, and they are not the same question. The first question is, "Is infinity mathematically observable?" The second question is, "Do irrational numbers contain every possible sequence of digits?" Which of these two questions is the one you intend to ask?
$endgroup$
– Tanner Swett
Mar 26 at 2:33




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What exactly do you mean by "observable" here? It's also not exactly clear what "infinity" means in this context either; it means many different things in many different mathematical fields.
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– Theo Bendit
Mar 26 at 4:28




$begingroup$
What exactly do you mean by "observable" here? It's also not exactly clear what "infinity" means in this context either; it means many different things in many different mathematical fields.
$endgroup$
– Theo Bendit
Mar 26 at 4:28




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$begingroup$
There are certainly irrational numbers which do not contain 000 anywhere in their decimal expansion. For example, the number whose digits begin 0.10110111011110111110111111011111110111111110 and so on, with the length of the sequence of 1s increasing after each 0. It is clearly not rational -- the decimal expansion never enters a repeating loop -- and also just as clearly never produces 000 as a sequence of digits.
$endgroup$
– Daniel Wagner
Mar 26 at 5:22





$begingroup$
There are certainly irrational numbers which do not contain 000 anywhere in their decimal expansion. For example, the number whose digits begin 0.10110111011110111110111111011111110111111110 and so on, with the length of the sequence of 1s increasing after each 0. It is clearly not rational -- the decimal expansion never enters a repeating loop -- and also just as clearly never produces 000 as a sequence of digits.
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You can check $sqrt2$ written up to $1$ million digits for example here: https://apod.nasa.gov/htmltest/gifcity/sqrt2.1mil . Full text search shows there are 899 occurences of $000$, 859 occurences of $111$ and 919 occurences of $222$. And that is "just" first one million of digits, that does not even come close to infinity...



There is a possibility that $sqrt2$ is something called a normal number. If it is, it would mean it contains every finite combination of digits you can imagine (and infinitely many times that is). Unfortunately, it is currently unknown whether $sqrt2$ has this property, same is true for other familiar irrational constants such as $e$, $pi$, and so on (it seems that only constants for which it is known were carefully constructed for this purpose). So in your second example, $012345$ would be in $sqrt2$'s digits infinitely many times (it already appears once in the first million digits referred above).



There is one popular question here on MSE about whether $pi$ has this property, you might want to check it out: Does Pi contain all possible number combinations? .






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    Well, for $e$ is it possible?
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    $e$ is not known to be normal, but (as pointed out in my pseudoanswer) it's conjectured to be. Pretty much all of the normal numbers aside from a few specific constants we know of were specifically constructed for the purpose of showing normal numbers exist.
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    By curious coincidence, I just happened to watch this numberphile video that talks about normal numbers a couple hours ago.
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    You said "you might wan to check it out", I think you mean "want" instead of "wan".
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    "By curious coincidence, I just happened to watch this numberphile video that talks about normal numbers a couple hours ago" -- lol that was basically the inspiration behind my own post. I happened to recall that video when reading the OP and Sil's answer. Pretty much the main reason I know normal numbers exist. xD
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Less an answer than an extended comment:




This actually ties in quite nicely with the concept of a "normal" number. A number which is "normal" is one whose decimal expansion has any sequence of digits occurring equally as often as any other sequence, regardless of the base the number is in.



Of course, it is necessary for the number to be irrational for this to be achieved. "Almost every" real number is a normal number, in the sense that they have Lesbague measure $1$. Despite this, very few numbers are known to be normal, and most of those that are were artificially constructed for the purpose of showing them to be normal. For example, one such number is the concatenation of all the naturals in base $10$, which is known as Champernowne's constant:



$$0.12345678910111213141516171819202122232425...$$



It is suspected that many famous irrational constants - such as $e$, $pi$, and $sqrt 2$ - are indeed normal numbers. Thus, not only would these digit sequences you propose be in the expansion of $sqrt 2$, but every digit sequence would occur in every base - and equally often at that.



Of course, the proof for even $sqrt 2$ seems to elude us at this time. But I imagine that this is not conjectured without basis. As noted in Sil's answer, the three sequences you propose occur several times in just the first million digits. (I anecdotally played around and noticed the first few digits of $pi$ - $31415$ - occurred only once and no later sequences. But again, that's a finite truncation at like one million digits.)






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    Is it known a non-normal number?
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    Nope. After all, if it were known to be not normal, it wouldn't be conjectured to be normal. :p
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You can check $sqrt2$ written up to $1$ million digits for example here: https://apod.nasa.gov/htmltest/gifcity/sqrt2.1mil . Full text search shows there are 899 occurences of $000$, 859 occurences of $111$ and 919 occurences of $222$. And that is "just" first one million of digits, that does not even come close to infinity...



There is a possibility that $sqrt2$ is something called a normal number. If it is, it would mean it contains every finite combination of digits you can imagine (and infinitely many times that is). Unfortunately, it is currently unknown whether $sqrt2$ has this property, same is true for other familiar irrational constants such as $e$, $pi$, and so on (it seems that only constants for which it is known were carefully constructed for this purpose). So in your second example, $012345$ would be in $sqrt2$'s digits infinitely many times (it already appears once in the first million digits referred above).



There is one popular question here on MSE about whether $pi$ has this property, you might want to check it out: Does Pi contain all possible number combinations? .






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    Well, for $e$ is it possible?
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    $e$ is not known to be normal, but (as pointed out in my pseudoanswer) it's conjectured to be. Pretty much all of the normal numbers aside from a few specific constants we know of were specifically constructed for the purpose of showing normal numbers exist.
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    – Eevee Trainer
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    By curious coincidence, I just happened to watch this numberphile video that talks about normal numbers a couple hours ago.
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    You said "you might wan to check it out", I think you mean "want" instead of "wan".
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    "By curious coincidence, I just happened to watch this numberphile video that talks about normal numbers a couple hours ago" -- lol that was basically the inspiration behind my own post. I happened to recall that video when reading the OP and Sil's answer. Pretty much the main reason I know normal numbers exist. xD
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$begingroup$

You can check $sqrt2$ written up to $1$ million digits for example here: https://apod.nasa.gov/htmltest/gifcity/sqrt2.1mil . Full text search shows there are 899 occurences of $000$, 859 occurences of $111$ and 919 occurences of $222$. And that is "just" first one million of digits, that does not even come close to infinity...



There is a possibility that $sqrt2$ is something called a normal number. If it is, it would mean it contains every finite combination of digits you can imagine (and infinitely many times that is). Unfortunately, it is currently unknown whether $sqrt2$ has this property, same is true for other familiar irrational constants such as $e$, $pi$, and so on (it seems that only constants for which it is known were carefully constructed for this purpose). So in your second example, $012345$ would be in $sqrt2$'s digits infinitely many times (it already appears once in the first million digits referred above).



There is one popular question here on MSE about whether $pi$ has this property, you might want to check it out: Does Pi contain all possible number combinations? .






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    $e$ is not known to be normal, but (as pointed out in my pseudoanswer) it's conjectured to be. Pretty much all of the normal numbers aside from a few specific constants we know of were specifically constructed for the purpose of showing normal numbers exist.
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    By curious coincidence, I just happened to watch this numberphile video that talks about normal numbers a couple hours ago.
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    You said "you might wan to check it out", I think you mean "want" instead of "wan".
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    "By curious coincidence, I just happened to watch this numberphile video that talks about normal numbers a couple hours ago" -- lol that was basically the inspiration behind my own post. I happened to recall that video when reading the OP and Sil's answer. Pretty much the main reason I know normal numbers exist. xD
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You can check $sqrt2$ written up to $1$ million digits for example here: https://apod.nasa.gov/htmltest/gifcity/sqrt2.1mil . Full text search shows there are 899 occurences of $000$, 859 occurences of $111$ and 919 occurences of $222$. And that is "just" first one million of digits, that does not even come close to infinity...



There is a possibility that $sqrt2$ is something called a normal number. If it is, it would mean it contains every finite combination of digits you can imagine (and infinitely many times that is). Unfortunately, it is currently unknown whether $sqrt2$ has this property, same is true for other familiar irrational constants such as $e$, $pi$, and so on (it seems that only constants for which it is known were carefully constructed for this purpose). So in your second example, $012345$ would be in $sqrt2$'s digits infinitely many times (it already appears once in the first million digits referred above).



There is one popular question here on MSE about whether $pi$ has this property, you might want to check it out: Does Pi contain all possible number combinations? .






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You can check $sqrt2$ written up to $1$ million digits for example here: https://apod.nasa.gov/htmltest/gifcity/sqrt2.1mil . Full text search shows there are 899 occurences of $000$, 859 occurences of $111$ and 919 occurences of $222$. And that is "just" first one million of digits, that does not even come close to infinity...



There is a possibility that $sqrt2$ is something called a normal number. If it is, it would mean it contains every finite combination of digits you can imagine (and infinitely many times that is). Unfortunately, it is currently unknown whether $sqrt2$ has this property, same is true for other familiar irrational constants such as $e$, $pi$, and so on (it seems that only constants for which it is known were carefully constructed for this purpose). So in your second example, $012345$ would be in $sqrt2$'s digits infinitely many times (it already appears once in the first million digits referred above).



There is one popular question here on MSE about whether $pi$ has this property, you might want to check it out: Does Pi contain all possible number combinations? .







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    Well, for $e$ is it possible?
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    $e$ is not known to be normal, but (as pointed out in my pseudoanswer) it's conjectured to be. Pretty much all of the normal numbers aside from a few specific constants we know of were specifically constructed for the purpose of showing normal numbers exist.
    $endgroup$
    – Eevee Trainer
    Mar 25 at 22:37










  • $begingroup$
    By curious coincidence, I just happened to watch this numberphile video that talks about normal numbers a couple hours ago.
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    – Paul Sinclair
    Mar 26 at 1:22










  • $begingroup$
    You said "you might wan to check it out", I think you mean "want" instead of "wan".
    $endgroup$
    – numbermaniac
    Mar 26 at 4:15










  • $begingroup$
    "By curious coincidence, I just happened to watch this numberphile video that talks about normal numbers a couple hours ago" -- lol that was basically the inspiration behind my own post. I happened to recall that video when reading the OP and Sil's answer. Pretty much the main reason I know normal numbers exist. xD
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    Mar 26 at 6:16
















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    Well, for $e$ is it possible?
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    – Student
    Mar 25 at 22:35










  • $begingroup$
    $e$ is not known to be normal, but (as pointed out in my pseudoanswer) it's conjectured to be. Pretty much all of the normal numbers aside from a few specific constants we know of were specifically constructed for the purpose of showing normal numbers exist.
    $endgroup$
    – Eevee Trainer
    Mar 25 at 22:37










  • $begingroup$
    By curious coincidence, I just happened to watch this numberphile video that talks about normal numbers a couple hours ago.
    $endgroup$
    – Paul Sinclair
    Mar 26 at 1:22










  • $begingroup$
    You said "you might wan to check it out", I think you mean "want" instead of "wan".
    $endgroup$
    – numbermaniac
    Mar 26 at 4:15










  • $begingroup$
    "By curious coincidence, I just happened to watch this numberphile video that talks about normal numbers a couple hours ago" -- lol that was basically the inspiration behind my own post. I happened to recall that video when reading the OP and Sil's answer. Pretty much the main reason I know normal numbers exist. xD
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    – Eevee Trainer
    Mar 26 at 6:16















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Well, for $e$ is it possible?
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– Student
Mar 25 at 22:35




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Well, for $e$ is it possible?
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– Student
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$begingroup$
$e$ is not known to be normal, but (as pointed out in my pseudoanswer) it's conjectured to be. Pretty much all of the normal numbers aside from a few specific constants we know of were specifically constructed for the purpose of showing normal numbers exist.
$endgroup$
– Eevee Trainer
Mar 25 at 22:37




$begingroup$
$e$ is not known to be normal, but (as pointed out in my pseudoanswer) it's conjectured to be. Pretty much all of the normal numbers aside from a few specific constants we know of were specifically constructed for the purpose of showing normal numbers exist.
$endgroup$
– Eevee Trainer
Mar 25 at 22:37












$begingroup$
By curious coincidence, I just happened to watch this numberphile video that talks about normal numbers a couple hours ago.
$endgroup$
– Paul Sinclair
Mar 26 at 1:22




$begingroup$
By curious coincidence, I just happened to watch this numberphile video that talks about normal numbers a couple hours ago.
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– Paul Sinclair
Mar 26 at 1:22












$begingroup$
You said "you might wan to check it out", I think you mean "want" instead of "wan".
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– numbermaniac
Mar 26 at 4:15




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You said "you might wan to check it out", I think you mean "want" instead of "wan".
$endgroup$
– numbermaniac
Mar 26 at 4:15












$begingroup$
"By curious coincidence, I just happened to watch this numberphile video that talks about normal numbers a couple hours ago" -- lol that was basically the inspiration behind my own post. I happened to recall that video when reading the OP and Sil's answer. Pretty much the main reason I know normal numbers exist. xD
$endgroup$
– Eevee Trainer
Mar 26 at 6:16




$begingroup$
"By curious coincidence, I just happened to watch this numberphile video that talks about normal numbers a couple hours ago" -- lol that was basically the inspiration behind my own post. I happened to recall that video when reading the OP and Sil's answer. Pretty much the main reason I know normal numbers exist. xD
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Less an answer than an extended comment:




This actually ties in quite nicely with the concept of a "normal" number. A number which is "normal" is one whose decimal expansion has any sequence of digits occurring equally as often as any other sequence, regardless of the base the number is in.



Of course, it is necessary for the number to be irrational for this to be achieved. "Almost every" real number is a normal number, in the sense that they have Lesbague measure $1$. Despite this, very few numbers are known to be normal, and most of those that are were artificially constructed for the purpose of showing them to be normal. For example, one such number is the concatenation of all the naturals in base $10$, which is known as Champernowne's constant:



$$0.12345678910111213141516171819202122232425...$$



It is suspected that many famous irrational constants - such as $e$, $pi$, and $sqrt 2$ - are indeed normal numbers. Thus, not only would these digit sequences you propose be in the expansion of $sqrt 2$, but every digit sequence would occur in every base - and equally often at that.



Of course, the proof for even $sqrt 2$ seems to elude us at this time. But I imagine that this is not conjectured without basis. As noted in Sil's answer, the three sequences you propose occur several times in just the first million digits. (I anecdotally played around and noticed the first few digits of $pi$ - $31415$ - occurred only once and no later sequences. But again, that's a finite truncation at like one million digits.)






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    Is it known a non-normal number?
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    Nope. After all, if it were known to be not normal, it wouldn't be conjectured to be normal. :p
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    Mar 25 at 22:59















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Less an answer than an extended comment:




This actually ties in quite nicely with the concept of a "normal" number. A number which is "normal" is one whose decimal expansion has any sequence of digits occurring equally as often as any other sequence, regardless of the base the number is in.



Of course, it is necessary for the number to be irrational for this to be achieved. "Almost every" real number is a normal number, in the sense that they have Lesbague measure $1$. Despite this, very few numbers are known to be normal, and most of those that are were artificially constructed for the purpose of showing them to be normal. For example, one such number is the concatenation of all the naturals in base $10$, which is known as Champernowne's constant:



$$0.12345678910111213141516171819202122232425...$$



It is suspected that many famous irrational constants - such as $e$, $pi$, and $sqrt 2$ - are indeed normal numbers. Thus, not only would these digit sequences you propose be in the expansion of $sqrt 2$, but every digit sequence would occur in every base - and equally often at that.



Of course, the proof for even $sqrt 2$ seems to elude us at this time. But I imagine that this is not conjectured without basis. As noted in Sil's answer, the three sequences you propose occur several times in just the first million digits. (I anecdotally played around and noticed the first few digits of $pi$ - $31415$ - occurred only once and no later sequences. But again, that's a finite truncation at like one million digits.)






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    Is it known a non-normal number?
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    – Student
    Mar 25 at 22:58






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    Nope. After all, if it were known to be not normal, it wouldn't be conjectured to be normal. :p
    $endgroup$
    – Eevee Trainer
    Mar 25 at 22:59













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$begingroup$

Less an answer than an extended comment:




This actually ties in quite nicely with the concept of a "normal" number. A number which is "normal" is one whose decimal expansion has any sequence of digits occurring equally as often as any other sequence, regardless of the base the number is in.



Of course, it is necessary for the number to be irrational for this to be achieved. "Almost every" real number is a normal number, in the sense that they have Lesbague measure $1$. Despite this, very few numbers are known to be normal, and most of those that are were artificially constructed for the purpose of showing them to be normal. For example, one such number is the concatenation of all the naturals in base $10$, which is known as Champernowne's constant:



$$0.12345678910111213141516171819202122232425...$$



It is suspected that many famous irrational constants - such as $e$, $pi$, and $sqrt 2$ - are indeed normal numbers. Thus, not only would these digit sequences you propose be in the expansion of $sqrt 2$, but every digit sequence would occur in every base - and equally often at that.



Of course, the proof for even $sqrt 2$ seems to elude us at this time. But I imagine that this is not conjectured without basis. As noted in Sil's answer, the three sequences you propose occur several times in just the first million digits. (I anecdotally played around and noticed the first few digits of $pi$ - $31415$ - occurred only once and no later sequences. But again, that's a finite truncation at like one million digits.)






share|cite|improve this answer









$endgroup$



Less an answer than an extended comment:




This actually ties in quite nicely with the concept of a "normal" number. A number which is "normal" is one whose decimal expansion has any sequence of digits occurring equally as often as any other sequence, regardless of the base the number is in.



Of course, it is necessary for the number to be irrational for this to be achieved. "Almost every" real number is a normal number, in the sense that they have Lesbague measure $1$. Despite this, very few numbers are known to be normal, and most of those that are were artificially constructed for the purpose of showing them to be normal. For example, one such number is the concatenation of all the naturals in base $10$, which is known as Champernowne's constant:



$$0.12345678910111213141516171819202122232425...$$



It is suspected that many famous irrational constants - such as $e$, $pi$, and $sqrt 2$ - are indeed normal numbers. Thus, not only would these digit sequences you propose be in the expansion of $sqrt 2$, but every digit sequence would occur in every base - and equally often at that.



Of course, the proof for even $sqrt 2$ seems to elude us at this time. But I imagine that this is not conjectured without basis. As noted in Sil's answer, the three sequences you propose occur several times in just the first million digits. (I anecdotally played around and noticed the first few digits of $pi$ - $31415$ - occurred only once and no later sequences. But again, that's a finite truncation at like one million digits.)







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    Is it known a non-normal number?
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    – Student
    Mar 25 at 22:58






  • 1




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    Nope. After all, if it were known to be not normal, it wouldn't be conjectured to be normal. :p
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    Mar 25 at 22:59
















  • $begingroup$
    Is it known a non-normal number?
    $endgroup$
    – Student
    Mar 25 at 22:58






  • 1




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    Nope. After all, if it were known to be not normal, it wouldn't be conjectured to be normal. :p
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    – Eevee Trainer
    Mar 25 at 22:59















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Is it known a non-normal number?
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Is it known a non-normal number?
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Nope. After all, if it were known to be not normal, it wouldn't be conjectured to be normal. :p
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– Eevee Trainer
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Nope. After all, if it were known to be not normal, it wouldn't be conjectured to be normal. :p
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