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A083611
Starting positions of strings of four 3's in the decimal expansion of Pi.
2
28467, 28468, 66846, 79979, 84542, 89085, 89086, 93498, 95730, 119658, 145459, 146043, 146044, 150803, 158335, 162369, 169124, 172951, 178501, 186291, 190241, 191664, 193042, 214252, 217711, 222180, 231023, 235521, 263318, 263955, 297544
OFFSET
1,1
MATHEMATICA
Transpose[StringPosition[StringDrop[ToString[N[Pi, 9! ]], 2], "3333"]][[1]] (* Vladimir Joseph Stephan Orlovsky, Jun 19 2009 *)
Flatten[Position[Partition[RealDigits[Pi, 10, 300000][[1]], 4, 1], _?(#== {3, 3, 3, 3}&)]]-1 (* Harvey P. Dale, Oct 25 2011 *)
CROSSREFS
Cf. A083610 (three 3's), A083612 (five 3's).
Sequence in context: A250992 A250630 A236595 * A083612 A252879 A231417
KEYWORD
base,nonn
AUTHOR
Rick L. Shepherd, May 01 2003
STATUS
approved