OFFSET
0,1
COMMENTS
This constant is computed in Finch's article. This number is easier to compute than Backhouse's constant. Except for an additional term of 0, the continued fraction expansion is the same as that of Backhouse's constant.
LINKS
S. R. Finch, Backhouse's constant. 1995 [Cached copy, with permission]
Philippe Flajolet, in response to the previous document from S. R. Finch, Backhouse's constant, 1995
S. R. Finch, Kalmar's Composition Constant, Section 5.5 in Mathematical Constants. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, pp. 292-295, 2003. [Cached copy, with permission]
S. R. Finch, Kalmar's composition constant, June 5, 2003. [A different version. Cached copy, with permission of the author]
Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Backhouse's Constant
EXAMPLE
0.68677783446063...
MATHEMATICA
RealDigits[ -x/.FindRoot[0==1+Sum[x^n Prime[n], {n, 1000}], {x, {0, 1}}, WorkingPrecision->100]][[1]]
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
cons,nonn
AUTHOR
T. D. Noe, Oct 14 2003
STATUS
approved