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Is \(\pi\) normal ? (English) Zbl 0565.10002

This is a brief report on several computational techniques for computing digits of \(\pi\). A statistical analysis of the first ten millions digits does not show an unusual deviation from normality.
Reviewer: F.Schweiger

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11-04 Software, source code, etc. for problems pertaining to number theory
11A63 Radix representation; digital problems
11K16 Normal numbers, radix expansions, Pisot numbers, Salem numbers, good lattice points, etc.
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