OFFSET
0,1
LINKS
G. C. Greubel, Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..5000
L. Bayon, P. Fortuny Ayuso, J. M. Grau, A. M. Oller-Marcen, M. M. Ruiz, The Best-or-Worst and the Postdoc problems, arXiv:1706.07185 [math.PR], 2017.
L. Bayon, J. Grau, A. M. Oller-Marcen, M. Ruiz, P. M. Suarez, A variant of the Secretary Problem: the Best or the Worst, arXiv preprint arXiv:1603.03928 [math.PR], 2016.
D. J. Daley and D. G. Kendall, Stochastic rumours, Journal of the Institute of Mathematics and Its Applications 1:42-55, 1965.
Steven R. Finch, Errata and Addenda to Mathematical Constants.
José María Grau Ribas, A New Proof and Extension of the Odds-Theorem, arXiv:1812.09255 [math.PR], 2018.
José María Grau Ribas, An extension of the Last-Success-Problem, Statistics & Probability Letters (2020) Vol. 156, 108591.
Brian Hayes, Rumours and Errours, American Scientist, Vol. 93, Nbr. 3, 2005, pp. 207-211.
FORMULA
Solution to x*exp(2 - 2*x) = 1 with x not equal to 1.
Equals -1/2*LambertW(-2*exp(-2)). - Vladeta Jovovic, May 30 2005
Constant c satisfies: exp(c*x)/(1-2*c) = Sum_{n>=0} (x + 2*n)^n * exp(-2*n)/n!. - Paul D. Hanna, Mar 12 2016
EXAMPLE
c = 0.20318786997997995383847906206241987910549878759057031750024774...
MATHEMATICA
RealDigits[ -ProductLog[ -2/E^2]/2, 10, 111][[1]]
PROG
(PARI) solve(x=0, 0.5, x*exp(2-2*x)-1) \\ Michel Marcus, Mar 13 2016
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
cons,nonn
AUTHOR
Robert G. Wilson v, May 03 2005
STATUS
approved