A real number is said to be simply normal to the base b if every possible digit appears in its fractional part with a frequency of occurrence of 1/b, where b is the base of the expansion. By this we understand that if a number is expressed to the base...

In mathematics, a normal number is, roughly speaking, a real number whose digits (in every base) show a uniform distribution, with all digits being equally likely, all pairs of digits equally likely, all triplets of digits equally likely, etc. While a...

LAUREN COLEMAN-LOCHNER and ALLISON PRIES, Staff Writers The Record (Bergen County, NJ) 11-13-2001 AFTER 'INITIAL HESITATION,' NORMAL NUMBERS OF SHOPPERS SHOW UP AT -- MALLS By LAUREN COLEMAN-LOCHNER and ALLISON PRIES, Staff Writers Date: 11-13-2001, Tuesday Section: SPECIAL SECTION / NEWS Edition: All...

Finite mixture models are used to represent data from populations suspected of containing a finite number of homogeneous subpopulations but the difficulty lies in determining the number of components in the mixture. A graphical technique is developed to solve this problem. It is assumed...

Afraid of proposed new visa restrictions, Iraqis flooded into Syria at 10 times their normal numbers earlier this month until the measures were postponed, a Syrian customs official said Thursday.More then 20,000 Iraqis were pouring across the border every day, compared to 2,000 a day...

The U.N. humanitarian coordinator warned of a looming humanitarian crisis in Myanmar unless efforts are stepped up to tackle acute poverty, AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis."I think there is definitely a need for scaling up the humanitarian response," Charles Petrie, who also heads the U.N. Development...