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A368654
Decimal expansion of 158452/21444.
3
7, 3, 8, 9, 1, 0, 6, 5, 0, 9, 9, 7, 9, 4, 8, 1, 4, 4, 0, 0, 2, 9, 8, 4, 5, 1, 7, 8, 1, 3, 8, 4, 0, 7, 0, 1, 3, 6, 1, 6, 8, 6, 2, 5, 2, 5, 6, 4, 8, 1, 9, 9, 9, 6, 2, 6, 9, 3, 5, 2, 7, 3, 2, 6, 9, 9, 1, 2, 3, 2, 9, 7, 8, 9, 2, 1, 8, 4, 2, 9, 3, 9, 7, 5, 0, 0, 4, 6
OFFSET
1,1
COMMENTS
It is a rational approximation of e^2 (A072334) provided by Charles Hermite in 1874 (see Hermite and Maor).
Periodic with a period length of 893. - Ray Chandler, Jan 19 2024
REFERENCES
Eli Maor, e: The Story of a Number. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press (1994), p. 189.
LINKS
Philip R. Brown, Approximations of e and Pi: an exploration, International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 48:sup1, S30-S39, 2017. See p. S32.
Charles Hermite, Sur la fonction exponentielle, Gauthier-Villars, Paris, 1874.
EXAMPLE
7.38910650997948144002984517813840701361686...
MATHEMATICA
Flatten[First[RealDigits[158452/21444, 10, 100]]]
KEYWORD
nonn,cons,easy
AUTHOR
Stefano Spezia, Jan 02 2024
STATUS
approved