Gamma
Exploring Euler's Constant
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Author
Contributions
- Freeman Dyson (Foreword) - Contributor
Publication
2003-03-17 - Princeton University Press
Language
English
Word Count
94,000 words, Guess
Page Count
376 pages
Physical Format
Hardcover
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL7758459M
- ISBN-139780691099835
- ISBN-100691099839
- OCLC Control Number51046962
- OCLC Control Numbergammaexploringeu00havi
and 3 more
- Library of Congress Control Number2002192453
- LibraryThing175562
- Goodreads600071
Classifications
- LCCQA41.H23 2003
Description
Exploring Euler's constant. Swiss mathematician Leonhard Euler (1707-1783) introduced gamma as the limit of the sum of 1 + 1/2 + 1/3 + . . . up to 1/n, minus the natural logarithm of n--the numerical value being 0.5772156. Unlike its more celebrated colleagues p and e, the exact nature of gamma remains a mystery.
First Sentence
In an age when a 'computer' is taken to mean a machine rather than a person and calculations of fantastic complexity are routine and executed at lightning speed, constricting difficulties with ordinary arithmetic seem (and are) extremely remote.
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