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Numbers in the base $e^\pi$

Number Theory 2025-09-22 v1

Abstract

A large-scale experiment was conducted to find formulas relating to the base eπe^\pi. The numbers in this base are x=n=0a(n)eπnx = \sum_{n=0}^\infty {a(n)\over e^{\pi n}} where a(n)a(n) is taken from the OEIS catalog. These experiments were inspired by several facts. Indeed, it is known that the formula generating the partitions of integers is generated by an infinite product k111xk=n=0p(n)xn\prod_{k\ge1}^\infty {1\over 1-x^k} = \sum_{n=0}^\infty p(n)x^n that when evaluated at x=eπx=e^{-\pi} is equal to 23/8Γ(3/4)π1/4eπ/24 .(1){2^{3/8} \Gamma(3/4) \over \pi^{1/4} e^{\pi/24}}\ .\qquad\qquad (1) By analyzing the 387500 sequences of the OEIS catalog, the model that was used is based on the fact that the infinite sum evaluated at eπe^\pi, is an expression that can be detected using a program like lindep from Pari-Gp. The process made it possible to find 793 expresssions similar to (1).

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@article{arxiv.2509.15609,
  title  = {Numbers in the base $e^\pi$},
  author = {Simon Plouffe},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2509.15609},
  year   = {2025}
}
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