OFFSET
1,1
LINKS
G. C. Greubel, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..10000
Eric Weisstein's MathWorld, Reciprocal Multifactorial Constant
FORMULA
m(k) = (1/k)*exp(1/k)*(k+Sum_{j=1..k-1} (gamma(j/k)-gamma(j/k, 1/k)) where gamma(x) is the Euler gamma function and gamma(a,x) the incomplete gamma function.
EXAMPLE
3.298913538088419003401217808261469769077803695683207090885045129...
MATHEMATICA
p = Pochhammer;
m[3] = 5/2 + Sum[1/((-3)^k*((2+3*k)*p[1/3 -k, k])) + 1/((-3)^k*((1+3*k) *p[2/3 -k, k])) +(-1)^(1-k)/(3^k*(k*p[1-k, -1 +k])), {k, 1, Infinity}]
(* or *)
m[3] = (Exp[1/3]/3) (3 + 3^(1/3) (Gamma[1/3] - Gamma[1/3, 1/3]) + 3^(2/3) (Gamma[2/3] - Gamma[2/3, 1/3]));
RealDigits[m[3], 10, 102][[1]]
PROG
(PARI) default(realprecision, 100); (exp(1/3)/3)*(3 + 3^(1/3)*(gamma(1/3) - incgam(1/3, 1/3)) + 3^(2/3)*(gamma(2/3) - incgam(2/3, 1/3))) \\ G. C. Greubel, Mar 27 2019
(Magma) SetDefaultRealField(RealField(100)); (Exp(1/3)/3)*(3 + 3^(1/3)*Gamma(1/3, 1/3) + 3^(2/3)*Gamma(2/3, 1/3)); // G. C. Greubel, Mar 27 2019
(Sage) numerical_approx((exp(1/3)/3)*(3 + 3^(1/3)*(gamma(1/3) - gamma_inc(1/3, 1/3)) + 3^(2/3)*(gamma(2/3) - gamma_inc(2/3, 1/3))), digits=100) # G. C. Greubel, Mar 27 2019
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn,cons
AUTHOR
Jean-François Alcover, Jun 05 2017
STATUS
approved