A359283 Decimal expansion of Integral_{x = 1..oo} 1/x^(x^2) dx.

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Offset

0,1

Comments

For a, b nonnegative integers, the alternating divergent series Sum_{n >= 0} (-1)^n*(a*n + b)^n is Borel summable to Integral_{x = 1..oo} x^(a-b-1)/x^(x^a) dx.

Links

Table of n, a(n) for n=0..100.

Peter Bala, Borel summation of a family of divergent series

Wikipedia, Sophomore's Dream

Formula

Equals Integral_{x = 1..oo} 1/(2*x - 1)^x dx.

Equals the Borel sum of the alternating divergent series Sum_{n >= 0} (-1)^n*(2*n + 1)^n. Compare with the alternating convergent series Sum_{n >= 1} (-1)^(n+1)/(2*n - 1)^n = Integral_{x = 0..1} x^(x^2) dx. See A253299.

Example

0.46230371153732107718203962858827744096102603704840...

Maple

evalf(int(1/x^(x^2), x = 1..infinity), 100);

Mathematica

NIntegrate[1/x^(x^2), {x, 1, Infinity}, WorkingPrecision -> 105] // RealDigits // First

Crossrefs

Cf. A245637, A253299, A359282, A359284, A359285, A359286.

Sequence in context: A286155 A195860 A106143 * A255524 A077158 A059854

Adjacent sequences: A359280 A359281 A359282 * A359284 A359285 A359286

Keyword

nonn,cons,easy

Author

Peter Bala, Dec 24 2022

Status

approved