OFFSET
0,1
COMMENTS
Occurs in a formula concerning the error in various approximations of binomial distributions. See [Prohorov].
REFERENCES
Yu. V. Prohorov, Asymptotic behavior of the binomial distribution. 1961. Select. Transl. Math. Statist. and Probability, Vol. 1 pp. 87-95. Inst. Math. Statist. and Amer. Math. Soc., Providence, R.I.
LINKS
Yu. V. Prohorov, Asymptotic behavior of the binomial distribution, Uspekhi Mat. Nauk, 8:3(55) (1953), 135-142 (in Russian). See lambda p. 136.
EXAMPLE
0.31295644329257221613608878676292116801179369870970508298082007371...
PROG
(PARI) x = sqrt(2/Pi)*exp(-1/2); y = (1 + 4*exp(-3/2))/(3*sqrt(2*Pi)); x^(1/3) * y^(2/3) \\ Michel Marcus, Feb 27 2014
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn,cons
AUTHOR
Eric M. Schmidt, Feb 26 2014
STATUS
approved