Re: "A random real number will be on a computables list to an infinite number of digits"

From: Will Twentyman (wtwentyman_at_read.my.sig)
Date: 01/20/05 

Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2005 12:35:18 -0500

|-|erc wrote:

> "george" <greeneg@cs.unc.edu> wrote in message
>
>>|-|erc wrote:
>>
>>>"All finite subsequences of a random real number will be on a
>>
>>computables list" True / False / Other
>>
>>Other.
>>You don't know what you mean by "random".
>>What you REALLY mean here is "arbitrary", NOT "random".
>>The point is that you are asking the question about
>>ABSOLUTELY EACH AND EVERY real number. It goes without
>>saying that the numbers that are NOT "random" -- i.e., are
>>computable -- must be on the list of all computable numbers.
>
>
>
> No I don't mean arbitrary. I mean 'non-computable irrational', arbitrary
> has a different interpretation, arbitrary could be 0.10000000..

Random could also mean 0.1000000... Say what you mean. 

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Will Twentyman
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