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Can the BBP formula be used to prove that Pi is normal?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bailey%E2%80%93Borwein%E2%80%93Plouffe_formula

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normal_number

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    Changed BPP to BBP.2012-04-04

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Nobody has done it yet, and it hasn't been for lack of trying. However, Bailey and Crandall have some interesting results showing that there may be some connection there: see e.g. http://www.scribd.com/doc/54635409/Random-Generators-and-Normal-Numbers-Bailey-e-Crandall-2003