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A016629
Decimal expansion of log(6).
13
1, 7, 9, 1, 7, 5, 9, 4, 6, 9, 2, 2, 8, 0, 5, 5, 0, 0, 0, 8, 1, 2, 4, 7, 7, 3, 5, 8, 3, 8, 0, 7, 0, 2, 2, 7, 2, 7, 2, 2, 9, 9, 0, 6, 9, 2, 1, 8, 3, 0, 0, 4, 7, 0, 5, 8, 5, 5, 3, 7, 4, 3, 4, 3, 1, 3, 0, 8, 8, 7, 9, 1, 5, 1, 8, 8, 3, 0, 3, 6, 8, 2, 4, 7, 9, 4, 7, 9, 0, 8, 1, 8, 1, 0, 1, 5, 0, 7, 7
OFFSET
1,2
REFERENCES
M. Abramowitz and I. A. Stegun, eds., Handbook of Mathematical Functions, National Bureau of Standards Applied Math. Series 55, 1964 (and various reprintings), p. 2.
LINKS
M. Abramowitz and I. A. Stegun, eds., Handbook of Mathematical Functions, National Bureau of Standards, Applied Math. Series 55, Tenth Printing, 1972 [alternative scanned copy].
Matt Parker, What's the story with log(1 + 2 + 3)?, standupmaths video (2019)
FORMULA
log(6) = 2*Sum_{n >= 1} 1/(n*P(n, 7/5)*P(n-1, 7/5)), where P(n, x) denotes the n-th Legendre polynomial. The first 20 terms of the series gives the approximation log(6) = 1.79175946922805(27...), correct to 14 decimal places. - Peter Bala, Mar 19 2024
Equals A002162 + A002391. - R. J. Mathar, Jun 10 2024
EXAMPLE
1.791759469228055000812477358380702272722990692183004705855374343130887...
MATHEMATICA
First[RealDigits[Log[6], 10, 100]] (* Paolo Xausa, Mar 21 2024 *)
PROG
(PARI) default(realprecision, 20080); x=log(6); for (n=1, 20000, d=floor(x); x=(x-d)*10; write("b016629.txt", n, " ", d)); \\ Harry J. Smith, May 16 2009
CROSSREFS
Cf. A016734 (continued fraction).
Sequence in context: A244674 A130834 A132806 * A154203 A375189 A055676
KEYWORD
nonn,cons
STATUS
approved