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A014974
Differences between successive locations of zeros in decimal expansion of Pi.
2
18, 4, 11, 6, 6, 8, 12, 9, 10, 5, 7, 4, 14, 13, 5, 3, 9, 19, 12, 38, 3, 16, 6, 17, 4, 16, 1, 3, 16, 3, 10, 17, 3, 1, 5, 3, 6, 23, 5, 5, 13, 22, 8, 42, 20, 7, 3, 20, 2, 7, 5, 4, 35, 5, 1, 1, 15, 20, 19, 2, 10, 13, 2, 19, 12, 5
OFFSET
1,1
COMMENTS
Assuming Pi is normal, this sequence includes every finite sequence of positive integers. - Franklin T. Adams-Watters, Mar 15 2006
LINKS
Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Normal Number.
FORMULA
a(n) = A014976(n+1) - A014976(n). - Michel Marcus, Oct 06 2013
EXAMPLE
First two 0's are in 33rd and 51st digits, difference is 18.
MATHEMATICA
Differences[Flatten[Position[RealDigits[Pi, 10, 1000][[1]], 0]]] (* Harvey P. Dale, Jul 04 2017 *)
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn,base
AUTHOR
Bagirath R. Krishnamachari (bagi(AT)callisto.miel.mot.com)
EXTENSIONS
More terms from Simon Plouffe.
STATUS
approved