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[parent] Feynman point (Example)

In the base 10 representation of $ \pi$, at positions 762 through 767 (after the decimal point) there are six instances of the digit 9, called the Feynman point. Physicist Richard Feynman joked that he wanted to memorize $ \pi$ up to that point: 3.14159265358979323846264338 ... 77130996051870721134999999... Such a recitation would erroneously suggest that $ \pi$ is a rational number, the quotient of two integers that happen to be coprime to the base.



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Cross-references: coprime, integers, quotient, rational number, point, Richard Feynman, digit, decimal point, representation, base
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AMS MSC: 11A63 (Number theory :: Elementary number theory :: Radix representation; digital problems)
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