OFFSET
0,3
COMMENTS
This is one of Rényi's parking constants. - Alonso del Arte, Dec 28 2013
REFERENCES
Steven R. Finch, Mathematical Constants, Cambridge University Press (2003): 280.
FORMULA
From Peter Bala, Nov 04 2025: (Start)
e^(-4) = Sum_{n >= 0} (-1)^n*binomial(2*n, n)/n! / Sum_{n >= 0} binomial(2*n, n)/n!.
e^(-4) = Sum_{n >= 0} (-1)^n*Catalan(n+1)/n! / Sum_{n >= 0} Catalan(n+1)/n!. (End)
EXAMPLE
0.01831563888873418029371802127324124...
MATHEMATICA
RealDigits[E^(-4), 10, 100][[1]] (* Alonso del Arte, Dec 28 2013 *)
PROG
(PARI) exp(-4) \\ Stefano Spezia, Feb 01 2026
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
cons,nonn
AUTHOR
Mohammad K. Azarian, Apr 09 2004
STATUS
approved
