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
3.485944977453557745218809044046404795092682320881969407647249998...
MATHEMATICA
m[4] = (1/4)*E^(1/4)*(4 + Sqrt[2]*(Gamma[1/4] - Gamma[1/4, 1/4]) + 2*(Sqrt[Pi] - Gamma[1/2, 1/4]) + 2*Sqrt[2]*(Gamma[3/4] - Gamma[3/4, 1/4])); RealDigits[m[4], 10, 104][[1]]
PROG
(PARI) default(realprecision, 100); (1/4)*exp(1/4)*(4+sqrt(2)*(gamma(1/4) - incgam(1/4, 1/4))+2*(sqrt(Pi) -incgam(1/2, 1/4))+2*sqrt(2)*(gamma(3/4) - incgam(3/4, 1/4))) \\ G. C. Greubel, Mar 28 2019
(Magma) SetDefaultRealField(RealField(100)); (1/4)*Exp(1/4)*(4 + Sqrt(2)* Gamma(1/4, 1/4) + 2*Gamma(1/2, 1/4) + 2*Sqrt(2)*Gamma(3/4, 1/4)) // G. C. Greubel, Mar 28 2019
(Sage) numerical_approx((1/4)*exp(1/4)*(4 + sqrt(2)*(gamma(1/4) - gamma_inc(1/4, 1/4)) + 2*(sqrt(pi) - gamma_inc(1/2, 1/4)) + 2*sqrt(2)*(gamma(3/4) - gamma_inc(3/4, 1/4))), digits=100) # G. C. Greubel, Mar 28 2019
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn,cons
AUTHOR
Jean-François Alcover, Jun 05 2017
STATUS
approved