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A188340
Decimal expansion of 1 - 1/Pi.
10
6, 8, 1, 6, 9, 0, 1, 1, 3, 8, 1, 6, 2, 0, 9, 3, 2, 8, 4, 6, 2, 2, 3, 2, 4, 7, 3, 2, 5, 4, 9, 7, 1, 2, 7, 5, 9, 3, 1, 0, 8, 0, 7, 0, 8, 5, 1, 9, 0, 8, 7, 1, 0, 2, 5, 0, 4, 6, 6, 5, 3, 1, 1, 8, 8, 2, 2, 0, 6, 4, 0, 4, 7, 3, 1, 5, 4, 6, 9, 2, 9, 8, 1, 9, 7, 7, 2, 3, 9, 4, 4, 6, 7, 4, 9, 3, 8, 2, 8, 0
OFFSET
0,1
COMMENTS
Variance of the maximum of a size 2 sample from a normal (0,1) distribution.
REFERENCES
Steven R. Finch, Mathematical Constants, Cambridge University Press, 2003, Section 5.16 Extreme value constants, p. 365.
EXAMPLE
0.68169011381620932846223247325497127593108070851909...
MATHEMATICA
RealDigits[1 - 1/Pi, 10, 100][[1]]
PROG
(PARI) 1-1/Pi \\ Charles R Greathouse IV, Sep 28 2022
CROSSREFS
Sequence in context: A239804 A195716 A063504 * A350582 A011006 A198549
KEYWORD
nonn,easy,cons
AUTHOR
Harvey P. Dale, Mar 28 2011
EXTENSIONS
Edited by T. D. Noe, Apr 01 2011
STATUS
approved