OFFSET
1,1
REFERENCES
Steven R. Finch, Mathematical Constants, Cambridge University Press, 2003, Section 5.14 Digital Search Tree Constants, p. 356.
LINKS
Vincenzo Librandi, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..1000
Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Tree Searching
FORMULA
1/12 + (Pi^2+6)/(6*log(2)^2) - alpha - beta, where gamma is Euler's constant, alpha is the Erdős-Borwein constant (A065442) and beta is A065443. - Jean-François Alcover, Jul 29 2014, after Steven Finch
EXAMPLE
2.84438316811675616821622572314100826648903853090871...
MATHEMATICA
digits = 102; alpha = NSum[1/(2^k-1), {k, 1, 500}, NSumTerms -> 100, WorkingPrecision -> digits+10]; beta = NSum[1/(2^k-1)^2, {k, 1, 500}, NSumTerms -> 100, WorkingPrecision -> digits+10]; RealDigits[1/12 + (Pi^2+6)/(6*Log[2]^2) - alpha - beta, 10, digits] // First
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn,cons
AUTHOR
Eric W. Weisstein, Jul 15 2003
STATUS
approved