OFFSET
1,1
COMMENTS
This constant appears when comparing various divergent series after n iterations.
LINKS
G. C. Greubel, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..10000
Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Mersenne Prime
Wikipedia, Euler-Mascheroni constant
FORMULA
lim_{n->oo} e^sum(1/k, k=1..n) / sqrt(1+2+3+...+n) = sqrt(2)*e^gamma.
EXAMPLE
sqrt(2)*e^(gamma) = 2.5188167690903800744959345354177803788433360213612...
MAPLE
evalf(sqrt(2)*exp(gamma), 99);
MATHEMATICA
RealDigits[Sqrt[2]*Exp[EulerGamma], 10, 100][[1]] (* G. C. Greubel, Sep 06 2018 *)
PROG
(PARI) sqrt(2)*exp(Euler) \\ Charles R Greathouse IV, Aug 01 2011
(Magma) SetDefaultRealField(RealField(100)); R:= RealField(); Sqrt(2)* Exp(EulerGamma(R)); // G. C. Greubel, Sep 06 2018
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn,cons
AUTHOR
Ryan Gerard (rsgerard(AT)gmail.com), Mar 29 2010
EXTENSIONS
Comments containing infinities removed by Jonathan Sondow, Aug 01 2011
STATUS
approved