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A249521
Decimal expansion of 4/sqrt(Pi), the average distance between two random Gaussian points in three dimensions.
4
2, 2, 5, 6, 7, 5, 8, 3, 3, 4, 1, 9, 1, 0, 2, 5, 1, 4, 7, 7, 9, 2, 3, 1, 7, 8, 0, 6, 2, 4, 3, 0, 9, 0, 3, 4, 3, 3, 7, 6, 2, 0, 2, 5, 1, 7, 3, 1, 5, 9, 9, 5, 4, 2, 7, 3, 7, 6, 3, 4, 2, 8, 8, 6, 8, 4, 2, 5, 6, 9, 8, 7, 3, 7, 6, 5, 9, 7, 3, 6, 5, 7, 9, 4, 6, 9, 7, 4, 6, 4, 0, 8, 0, 8, 4, 2, 9, 4, 5, 3, 7, 7, 2
OFFSET
1,1
COMMENTS
Coordinates are independent normally distributed random variables with mean 0 and variance 1.
LINKS
Steven R. Finch, Random Triangles, Jan 21 2010. [Cached copy, with permission of the author]
FORMULA
Equals Sum_{k>=0} k!/(k+3/2)!. - Amiram Eldar, Jun 19 2023
EXAMPLE
2.25675833419102514779231780624309034337620251731...
MATHEMATICA
RealDigits[4/Sqrt[Pi], 10, 103] // First
PROG
(PARI) 4/sqrt(Pi) \\ G. C. Greubel, Jan 09 2017
CROSSREFS
Cf. A002161 (the analog constant in two dimensions), A087197, A190732 (the analog constant in one dimension).
Sequence in context: A209527 A054255 A063177 * A355345 A034803 A205885
KEYWORD
nonn,cons,easy
AUTHOR
STATUS
approved