Re: srand(0)

From	Tristan Wibberley <tristan.wibberley+netnews2@alumni.manchester.ac.uk>
Newsgroups	sci.math.num-analysis
Subject	Re: srand(0)
Date	2026-02-24 18:00 +0000
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On 24/02/2026 06:08, Axel Reichert wrote:
> David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> writes:
> 
>> Of course, confirming that the hexadecimal digits of pi are random
>> enough to pass such a test does not ensure that the decimal digits
>> would do so too.
> 
> I was puzzled by the "Of course": To me, this is not intuitively clear.

That the opposite is not intuitively clear is sufficient to say that the
confirmation of the fact for hexadecimal is not a confirmation of the
fact for decimal.

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Re: srand(0) Tristan Wibberley <tristan.wibberley+netnews2@alumni.manchester.ac.uk> - 2026-02-18 11:21 +0000
  Re: srand(0) David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2026-02-19 10:01 +0100
    Re: srand(0) James Kuyper <jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2026-02-19 14:33 -0500
      Re: srand(0) David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2026-02-19 20:47 +0100
        Re: srand(0) James Kuyper <jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2026-02-20 16:01 -0500
          Re: srand(0) David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2026-02-21 11:09 +0100
    Re: srand(0) Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2026-02-19 14:39 -0800
      Re: srand(0) David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2026-02-20 09:16 +0100
        Re: srand(0) Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2026-02-23 08:32 -0500
          Re: srand(0) David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2026-02-23 16:05 +0100
            Re: srand(0) Michael S <already5chosen@yahoo.com> - 2026-02-23 19:59 +0200
              Re: srand(0) David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2026-02-23 20:06 +0100
                Re: srand(0) Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2026-02-23 15:24 -0500
                Re: srand(0) Axel Reichert <mail@axel-reichert.de> - 2026-02-24 07:08 +0100
                Re: srand(0) David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2026-02-24 10:24 +0100
                Re: srand(0) Axel Reichert <mail@axel-reichert.de> - 2026-02-26 19:13 +0100
                Re: srand(0) Michael S <already5chosen@yahoo.com> - 2026-02-24 18:36 +0200
                Re: srand(0) Axel Reichert <mail@axel-reichert.de> - 2026-02-24 20:00 +0100
                Re: srand(0) Tristan Wibberley <tristan.wibberley+netnews2@alumni.manchester.ac.uk> - 2026-02-24 18:00 +0000

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