OFFSET
0,1
COMMENTS
Occurs in a formula estimating the error in approximating a binomial distribution with a normal distribution. See [Prohorov].
REFERENCES
Yu. V. Prohorov, Asymptotic behavior of the binomial distribution. 1961. Select. Transl. Math. Statist. and Probability, Vol. 1 pp. 87-95. Inst. Math. Statist. and Amer. Math. Soc., Providence, R.I.
LINKS
G. C. Greubel, Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..2500 [a(2500) corrected by Georg Fischer, Jun 23 2020]
Yu. V. Prohorov, Asymptotic behavior of the binomial distribution, Uspekhi Mat. Nauk, 8:3(55) (1953), 135-142 (in Russian). See lambda2 in theorem 3 p. 137.
EXAMPLE
0.25166883335507952210292348310539606239875418040734266550892142061...
MATHEMATICA
RealDigits[N[(1 + 4*Exp[-3/2])/(3*Sqrt[2*Pi]), 1001]] (* G. C. Greubel, Jan 26 2016 *)
PROG
(PARI) (1 + 4*exp(-3/2))/(3*sqrt(2*Pi)) \\ Michel Marcus, Feb 27 2014
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn,cons
AUTHOR
Eric M. Schmidt, Feb 26 2014
STATUS
approved