OFFSET
0,1
COMMENTS
When n pointlike particles are distributed uniformly randomly in a unit volume, the mean distance between any of them and its nearest neighbor is c/n^(1/3).
For the most probable distance, see A213055.
Named after the Indian-American astrophysicist Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar (1910-1995). - Amiram Eldar, Jun 27 2021
LINKS
S. Chandrasekhar, Stochastic problems in physics and astronomy, Reviews of modern physics, Vol. 15, No. 1 (1943), pp. 1-89.
FORMULA
c = Gamma(4/3)/(4*Pi/3)^(1/3).
EXAMPLE
0.5539602783650902047011211914997...
MATHEMATICA
RealDigits[Gamma[4/3]/Surd[4 Pi/3, 3], 10, 120][[1]] (* Harvey P. Dale, Apr 16 2015 *)
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn,cons
AUTHOR
Stanislav Sykora, Jun 03 2012
STATUS
approved