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Original Articles

The Decimal Expansion of π Is Not Statistically Random

Reinhard E. GanzSchweizerisches Epilepsie-Zentrum, Zürich, SwitzerlandCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 99-104 | Published online: 12 Jun 2014

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