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Squared discrepancy of a digit frequency (E[(f−p)2]=p(1−p)/N)

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If N independent trials give a specified digit with probability p, its observed fraction is f=K/N with binomial count K. Since E[f]=p and Var(K)=Np(1−p), the mean squared discrepancy is the displayed inverse-sample-size law. Dividing by p2 converts it to a relative squared discrepancy without changing the log-log slope. Nested prefixes are correlated; a single deterministic expansion's plotted discrepancies do not prove that its digits are independent or normally distributed in the number-theoretic sense.

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