[aklug] random bits vs random Hex

Any math types out there?

Suppose you have a source of "random" bits.(0's and 1's)....... assume all
the bits generated meet whichever tests for "randomness" you use,

Now if you peel off the bits in groups of four you now have hex digits.

ie; Binary = 1100 1000 0000 1110 0101 0001 1100 1010

      Hex = C 8 0 E 5 1 C
A

So the question is ;

                Are the binary digits A) More random than the Hex
digits

                                                                B) Less
random than the Hex digits

                                                                C) Equally
random to the Hex digits

                                                                D)
Randomness tests would be different for Binary bits from Hex digits

                                                                E) Other
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I apologize in advance if there is an obvious answer here but I have torn
thru my copies of Knuth and can't find anything like a communitive or
associative law for random numbers

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Received on Tue May 28 18:43:19 2013