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Decimal expansion of 1 - 1/Pi.
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%I #15 Sep 28 2022 13:38:04

%S 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,

%T 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,

%U 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

%N Decimal expansion of 1 - 1/Pi.

%C Variance of the maximum of a size 2 sample from a normal (0,1) distribution.

%D Steven R. Finch, Mathematical Constants, Cambridge University Press, 2003, Section 5.16 Extreme value constants, p. 365.

%H <a href="/index/Tra#transcendental">Index entries for transcendental numbers</a>

%e 0.68169011381620932846223247325497127593108070851909...

%t RealDigits[1 - 1/Pi, 10, 100][[1]]

%o (PARI) 1-1/Pi \\ _Charles R Greathouse IV_, Sep 28 2022

%K nonn,easy,cons

%O 0,1

%A _Harvey P. Dale_, Mar 28 2011

%E Edited by _T. D. Noe_, Apr 01 2011