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A number chosen truly at random will have infinite digits

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Moobythegoldensock@lemm.ee
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That’s not how that works.

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Crul@lemm.ee
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Doesn’t it depends on whether we are talking about real or integer numbers?

EDIT: I think it also works with p-adic numbers.

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Moobythegoldensock@lemm.ee
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No. In the set of real numbers it is still very possible to randomly select a number that can be written with finite digits.

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lntl@lemmy.ml
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op is right, infinity is larger than you’re imagining

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