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A103647 Decimal expansion of area of the largest rectangle under the normal curve. 0
4, 8, 3, 9, 4, 1, 4, 4, 9, 0, 3, 8, 2, 8, 6, 6, 9, 9, 5, 9, 5, 6, 6, 0, 3, 8, 5, 8, 7, 1, 1, 2, 1, 3, 0, 9, 6, 5, 7, 3, 4, 3, 9, 4, 1, 4, 7, 4, 8, 7, 0, 0, 5, 0, 9, 7, 5, 1, 1, 0, 1, 6, 8, 5, 6, 2, 2, 0, 0, 1, 2, 7, 1, 4, 0, 1, 6, 6, 5, 8, 9, 0, 1, 6, 6, 2, 2, 5, 8, 9, 3, 8, 7, 8, 8, 4, 8, 0, 9, 4, 5, 8, 2, 7, 4 (list; constant; graph; refs; listen; history; internal format)
OFFSET

0,1

COMMENTS

The normal curve is 'nc' = 1/(sqrt(2Pi)*E^(1/2*x^-x). Area = 2*x*nc. d(Area) = (sqrt(2/Pi) - sqrt(2/Pi)*x^2)*e^(1/2*x^-2). Maximum at x = +/- 1.

REFERENCES

R.E. Larson, R.P. Hostetler & B.H. Edwards, Calculus of a Single Variable, 5th Edition, D.C. Heath and Co., Lexington, MA Section 5.4 Exponential Functions: Differentiation and Integration, Exercise 61, page 351.

LINKS

Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Normal Distribution.

FORMULA

sqrt(2/Pi)*e^(-1/2).

EXAMPLE

0.48394144903828669959566038587112130965734394147487005097511016856...

MATHEMATICA

RealDigits[ Sqrt[2/Pi]E^(-1/2), 10, 111][[1]]

CROSSREFS

Cf. A001113, A092605.

Sequence in context: A021678 A180594 A066199 * A033197 A124002 A014457

Adjacent sequences:  A103644 A103645 A103646 * A103648 A103649 A103650

KEYWORD

cons,nonn

AUTHOR

Robert G. Wilson v (rgwv(AT)rgwv.com), Feb 18 2005

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