A195599 Decimal expansion of beta = 3/(2*log(alpha/2)), where alpha = A195596.

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Offset

1,2

Comments

beta is used to measure the expected height of random binary search trees.

Links

Alois P. Heinz, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..10000

B. Reed, The height of a random binary search tree, J. ACM, 50 (2003), 306-332.

Wikipedia, Binary search tree

Index entries for sequences related to rooted trees

Index entries for sequences related to trees

Formula

beta = 3/(2*log(alpha/2)) = 3*alpha/(2*alpha-2), where alpha = A195596 = -1/W(-exp(-1)/2) and W is the Lambert W function.

A195582(n)/A195583(n) = alpha*log(n) - beta*log(log(n)) + O(1).

Example

1.95302570335815413945406288542575380414251340201036319609354...

Maple

alpha:= solve(alpha*log((2*exp(1))/alpha)=1, alpha):
beta:= 3/(2*log(alpha/2)):
bs:= convert(evalf(beta/10, 130), string):
seq(parse(bs[n+1]), n=1..120);

Mathematica

RealDigits[ 3/(2 + 2*ProductLog[-1/(2*E)]) , 10, 105] // First (* Jean-François Alcover, Feb 19 2013 *)

Crossrefs

Cf. A195600 (continued fraction), A195601 (Engel expansion), A195581, A195582, A195583, A195596, A195597, A195598.

Sequence in context: A094129 A021917 A128757 * A021516 A158270 A154543

Adjacent sequences: A195596 A195597 A195598 * A195600 A195601 A195602

Keyword

nonn,cons

Author

Alois P. Heinz, Sep 21 2011

Status

approved