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A379276
Decimal expansion of 2^(5^0.4) - 0.6 - ((0.3^9)/7)^(0.8^0.1).
0
3, 1, 4, 1, 5, 9, 2, 6, 5, 3, 5, 9, 0, 4, 5, 3, 1, 1, 3, 1, 1, 0, 3, 2, 5, 1, 0, 8, 0, 7, 4, 9, 0, 0, 8, 4, 8, 4, 7, 6, 7, 4, 3, 3, 3, 4, 1, 7, 7, 2, 9, 6, 0, 1, 0, 4, 5, 8, 8, 2, 3, 9, 0, 3, 6, 5, 9, 2, 0, 8, 3, 8, 5, 9, 8, 9, 9, 3, 8, 2, 4, 4, 1, 6, 9, 5, 0, 9, 3, 9
OFFSET
1,1
COMMENTS
By rewriting the expression without the zeros, i.e., 2^(5^.4) - .6 - ((.3^9)/7)^(.8^.1), we obtain a pandigital expression that is an approximation to Pi accurate to 11 digits.
This formula was found by B. Ziv in 2004.
LINKS
Brady Haran and James Grime, Incredible Formula, Numberphile YouTube video, 2016.
Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Pi Approximations.
EXAMPLE
3.141592653590453113110325108074900848476743334...
MATHEMATICA
First[RealDigits[2^5^(4/10) - 6/10 - ((3/10)^9/7)^(8/10)^(1/10), 10, 100]]
CROSSREFS
Sequence in context: A000796 A212131 A379323 * A379321 A114609 A271452
KEYWORD
nonn,cons,easy,new
AUTHOR
Paolo Xausa, Dec 19 2024
STATUS
approved