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A089139
Decimal expansion of e^4 - 3e^3 + 2e^2 - e/6.
5
8, 6, 6, 6, 6, 0, 4, 4, 9, 0, 0, 3, 2, 6, 9, 5, 4, 3, 7, 2, 2, 5, 4, 7, 9, 2, 4, 8, 3, 7, 3, 6, 2, 9, 9, 2, 1, 8, 9, 4, 7, 7, 0, 1, 4, 8, 4, 3, 8, 6, 5, 3, 0, 1, 1, 7, 0, 2, 8, 8, 5, 6, 4, 3, 2, 1, 4, 9, 2, 5, 9, 5, 2, 7, 5, 9, 1, 3, 9, 2, 1, 5, 7, 3, 6, 8, 8, 3, 6, 8, 8, 2, 5, 6, 3, 9, 6, 8, 8, 7, 9, 6, 6, 2, 2
OFFSET
1,1
COMMENTS
Expected number of picks from a uniform [0,1] needed to first exceed a sum of 4.
EXAMPLE
e^4 - 3e^3 + 2e^2 - e/6 = 8.6666044900...
MATHEMATICA
RealDigits[ E^4 - 3E^3 + 2E^2 - E/6, 10, 111][[1]] (* Robert G. Wilson v, Dec 05 2003 *)
PROG
(PARI) subst(x^4-3*x^3+2*x^2-x/6, x, exp(1)) \\ Charles R Greathouse IV, Dec 06 2016
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn,cons,easy
AUTHOR
Brian Dunfield (brian.dunfield(AT)sympatico.ca), Dec 05 2003
EXTENSIONS
Edited and extended by Robert G. Wilson v and Ray Chandler, Dec 07 2003
STATUS
approved