Re: Newbie question(s)...

From: Ernst Lippe (ernstl-at-planet-dot-nl_at_ignore.this)
Date: 09/17/03 

Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2003 14:36:15 +0200

On Tue, 16 Sep 2003 07:13:58 +0000, Jonathan Baker wrote:

> They are good little numbers because there is no way to predict the
> next digit from previous digits...

It is not true that the digits in an irrational numbers are
always hard to predict.
The following number is irrational:
     0.101001000100001000001........
but it is very easy to predict the next digit.

greetings,

Ernst Lippe