Uncanny subsequence selections that generate normal numbers

Abstract: Given a real number

0. a_{1} a_{2} a_{3} d o t s

that is normal to base

b

, we examine increasing sequences

n_{i}

so that the number

0. a_{n_{1}} a_{n_{2}} a_{n_{3}} d o t s

are normal to base

b

. Classically it is known that if the

n_{i}

form an arithmetic progression then this will work. We give several more constructions, including

n_{i}

that are recursively defined based on the digits

a_{i}

. Of particular interest, we show that if a number is normal to base

b

, then removing all the digits from its expansion which equal

(b - 1)

leaves a base-

(b - 1)

expansion that is normal to base

(b - 1)

.

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