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A157852 Absolute value of limit_{N -> infinity} integral((-1)^x*x^(1/x),x=1..2*N). 2
6, 8, 7, 6, 5, 2, 3, 6, 8, 9, 2, 7, 6, 9, 4, 3, 6, 9 (list; constant; graph; refs; listen; history; internal format)
OFFSET

0,1

COMMENTS

The continuous counterpart of 1^(1/1)-2^(1/2)+3^(1/3)-4^(1/4)...2*integer as n->infinity.

It is hard to integrate and very slow to converge.

LINKS

M. R. Burns, Used with other constants to converge closely to rational numbers.

M. R. Burns, Author's public inquiry 1

M. R. Burns, Author's public inquiry 2

R. J. Mathar, Numerical evaluation of the oscillatory integral over exp(i*pi*x)x^(1/x) between 1 and infinity, arxiv:0912.3844 [math.CA] [From R. J. Mathar (mathar(AT)strw.leidenuniv.nl), Jan 21 2010]

EXAMPLE

After integrating from 1 to 15 Million the absolute value of the integral is approximately 0.6876527177, after integrating from 1 to 20 Million approximately 0.6876526145.

CROSSREFS

Integrating A037077 instead of summing.

Sequence in context: A092294 A097668 A133748 * A088608 A176104 A011481

Adjacent sequences:  A157849 A157850 A157851 * A157853 A157854 A157855

KEYWORD

nonn,cons,more

AUTHOR

Marvin Ray Burns (bmmmburns(AT)sbcglobal.net), Mar 07 2009, Mar 11 2009, Mar 13 2009

EXTENSIONS

Edited by N. J. A. Sloane, Mar 13 2009

Corrected and edited by Marvin Ray Burns (bmmmburns(AT)sbcglobal.net), Apr 03 2009

8 more digits from R. J. Mathar (mathar(AT)strw.leidenuniv.nl), Nov 30 2009

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