OFFSET
1,2
LINKS
G. C. Greubel, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..5000
Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Nested Radical
Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Somos's Quadratic Recurrence Constant
FORMULA
Equals (2*(3*(4*(5*(6*(7*...)^(1/7))^(1/6))^(1/5))^(1/4))^(1/3))^(1/2).
Equals exp(Sum_{k>=2} log(k)/k!).
Equals lim_{k->infinity} b(k)^(1/k!), where b(k) = k*b(k-1)^k with b(0) = 1.
Equals Product_{p prime} p^(Sum_{k>=2} (p-adic valuation of k)/k!).
EXAMPLE
1.8290246795635718643895723573648858491007676333721141167306441...
MATHEMATICA
RealDigits[Exp[Sum[ Log[k]/k!, {k, 2, 700}]], 10, 100][[1]] (* G. C. Greubel, Jul 28 2018 *)
PROG
(PARI) exp(suminf(k=2, log(k)/k!)) \\ Michel Marcus, Dec 11 2017
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn,cons
AUTHOR
Ilya Gutkovskiy, Dec 09 2017
STATUS
approved