Note on Normal Decimals

Type: Article

Publication Date: 1952-01-01

Citations: 76

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4153/cjm-1952-005-3

Abstract

A real number, expressed as a decimal, is said to be normal (in the scale of 10) if every combination of digits occurs in the decimal with the proper frequency. If a 1 a 2 … a k is any combination of k digits, and N ( t ) is the number of times this combination occurs among the first t digits, the condition is that 1

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Works Cited by This (1)

Action Title Year Authors
+ The Construction of Decimals Normal in the Scale of Ten 1933 D. G. Champernowne