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Your Text: Insert Slimies » Insert UBB Code » Close Last Tag \| All Tags UBB Help	[quote]Nothing is Absolute...[/quote] Not true - even 'nothing' is [i]not[/i] absolute! :p [quote]...they are perfect in a way I've found unique to Maths.[/quote] Precisely; 'unique to maths', as nothing real is perfect. ;) Actually, I have trouble with the whole 'never repeat' thing. In order to make any sense of that, I would have to assume that a given [i]sample size[/i] never repeats (say, no 30 digits ever repeat). Surely, once the sample size is small enough (say, two digits) you would find that Pi repeats quite frequently! Even larger sample sizes must eventually repeat. If Pi is an endless string of numbers, there must be a point in the string that eventually repeats (finite combinations, infinite string). I suppose the meaning is that there is no looping or regular repetition. Maybe I'm just being irrational... Loading...
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