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A334379
Decimal expansion of Sum_{k>=0} 1/((2*k)!)^2.
3
1, 2, 5, 1, 7, 3, 8, 0, 4, 0, 7, 3, 8, 6, 5, 1, 4, 6, 7, 7, 4, 4, 5, 1, 5, 9, 4, 7, 7, 3, 0, 7, 4, 0, 9, 8, 9, 5, 5, 5, 4, 9, 7, 7, 9, 2, 5, 0, 2, 0, 3, 3, 3, 2, 8, 5, 9, 9, 5, 9, 4, 7, 2, 8, 8, 3, 7, 5, 7, 9, 6, 5, 0, 5, 0, 0, 3, 4, 3, 5, 2, 3, 8, 7, 2, 1, 6, 4, 3, 0, 0, 2, 0, 4, 9, 5, 7, 6, 3, 2, 5, 1, 6, 9, 1, 6, 2, 8, 2, 7
OFFSET
1,2
FORMULA
Equals (BesselI(0,2) + BesselJ(0,2))/2.
Continued fraction: 1 + 1/(4 - 4/(145 - 144/(901 - ... - P(n-1)/((P(n) + 1) - ... )))), where P(n) = (2*n*(2*n - 1))^2. - Peter Bala, Feb 22 2024
EXAMPLE
1/0!^2 + 1/2!^2 + 1/4!^2 + 1/6!^2 + ... = 1.25173804073865146774451594773...
MATHEMATICA
RealDigits[(BesselI[0, 2] + BesselJ[0, 2])/2, 10, 110] [[1]]
PROG
(PARI) suminf(k=0, 1/((2*k)!)^2) \\ Michel Marcus, Apr 26 2020
(PARI) (besseli(0, 2) + besselj(0, 2))/2 \\ Michel Marcus, Apr 26 2020
KEYWORD
nonn,cons
AUTHOR
Ilya Gutkovskiy, Apr 25 2020
STATUS
approved