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An 8,240 step walk on the fraction Q2, base 4

Q2=72789848570668741304283361243477365577600979202579972460660533209671510416153622193809833373062647935595578496622633151106310912260966756877897797682168251265353730306928847790152322701315965824789767030435402490295493942131091063934014849602813952111870718431542817204760874740917337854381793641291611443130662899652593770909781872442516663377454591520935582886717656540612737332317877736113382974861639142628415265543797274479692427652260844707187532155254872952853725026318685997495262134665215

This fraction was constructed deliberately so it draws out infinitely many copies of the blackboard bold letter Q. The authors also give two very similar numbers, equivalent to several hundred decimal places, the first of which draws just a single copy of the letter and the other of which draws “random” noise.

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