Re: Cantorian pseudomathematics

Han.deBruijn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> cbrown@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > Han.deBruijn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > > cbrown@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> > > Let me reformulate. Are (a) , (b) and/or (c) _part_ of a "fair and
> > > random" sequence of elements from {0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9} ?
> > >
> > > Yes or No is good enough.
> >
> > Yes, for each of (a), (b), and (c), and for a very generous definition
> > of "_part_ of". You can verify this from the definititon I gave if you
> > like.
>
> (a) is part of the decimal expansion of Pi ;
> (b) is part of the decimal expansion of sqrt(2) ;
> (c) is part of HdB's tomorrow's number
> and has been created by a pseudo random number generator.
>
> Google could have been your friend.
>

What is your point?

Is 7 a random sequence, by my definition? No.

Do there exist random sequences, by my definition, such that 7 is
_part_ of that sequence? Yes.

Do you consider 7 to be a random number? Do you consider (a), (b), or
(c) to be random numbers?

Cheers - Chas

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