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New Vacca-Type Rational Series for Euler's Constant and Its "Alternating" Analog ln(4/Pi)

Number Theory 2010-06-08 v1 Classical Analysis and ODEs

Abstract

In math.CA/0211148 we observed that ln(4/π)\ln(4/ \pi) is an "alternating" analog of Euler's constant γ\gamma. Here we use the binary expansion of an integer to give a rational series for ln(4/π)\ln(4/ \pi) analogous to Vacca's series for γ\gamma. Also, using a known generalization of Vacca's series to other bases, we accelerate Addison's series for γ\gamma. Along the way, we give new proofs of Vacca's and Addison's formulas.

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@article{arxiv.math/0508042,
  title  = {New Vacca-Type Rational Series for Euler's Constant and Its "Alternating" Analog ln(4/Pi)},
  author = {Jonathan Sondow},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0508042},
  year   = {2010}
}

Comments

6 pages, submitted for publication, presented at the XXIVth Journe\'es Arithme\'tiques in Marseilles