OFFSET
1,1
REFERENCES
Steven R. Finch, Mathematical Constants, Cambridge University Press, 2003, Section 2.15 Glaisher-Kinkelin constant, p. 136.
LINKS
Ivan Panchenko, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..1000
Z. A. Melzak, Infinite products for πe and π/e, Amer. Math. Monthly 68 (1961) 39-41.
FORMULA
Melzak's formula: lim_{n->infinity} Product_{k=1..2n+1} (1+2/k)^(k*(-1)^(k+1)) = Pi*e/2. - Jean-François Alcover, Apr 25 2014
EXAMPLE
4.26986711133678353273177543477328724751744426788255748...
MAPLE
Digits:=100: evalf(Pi*exp(1)/2); # Wesley Ivan Hurt, Aug 09 2014
MATHEMATICA
RealDigits[(Pi*E)/2, 10, 120][[1]] (* Harvey P. Dale, Apr 16 2014 *)
PROG
(PARI) { default(realprecision, 100); x=(1/2)*Pi*exp(1); for(n=1, 100, d=floor(x); x=(x-d)*10; print1(d, ", ")) } \\ Altug Alkan, Nov 13 2015
(Magma) SetDefaultRealField(RealField(100)); R:= RealField(); Pi(R)*Exp(1)/2; // G. C. Greubel, Aug 24 2018
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn,cons
AUTHOR
STATUS
approved