OFFSET
1,3
COMMENTS
From its description in the Pickworth reference, this value determined the lower limit of the "log.-log. scales for numbers greater than unity" on the Davis Log.-Log. Rule calculating device. - Peter Munn, Aug 15 2020
REFERENCES
C. N. Pickworth, The Slide Rule, 24th Ed., Pitman, London, 1945, pp. 85-88, Slide Rules with Log-log Scales.
LINKS
Vincenzo Librandi, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..5000
FORMULA
Equals Product_{k>=0} (1 + (-1)^k/(10*k + 9)). - Amiram Eldar, Jul 29 2020
EXAMPLE
1.0717734625362931642130063250233420229063846...
MATHEMATICA
RealDigits[N[2^(1/10), 100]][[1]] (* Vincenzo Librandi, Apr 02 2013 *)
PROG
(PARI) sqrtn(2, 10) \\ Charles R Greathouse IV, Apr 15 2014
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn,cons
AUTHOR
STATUS
approved