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A134469 Decimal expansion of -zeta(1/2)/sqrt(2*pi). +0
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5, 8, 2, 5, 9, 7, 1, 5, 7, 9, 3, 9, 0, 1, 0, 6, 7, 0, 2, 0, 5, 1, 7, 7, 1, 6, 4, 1, 8, 7, 6, 3, 1, 1, 5, 4, 7, 2, 9, 0, 9, 3, 8, 7, 0, 1, 9, 8, 6, 5 (list; cons; graph; listen)
OFFSET

0,1

COMMENT

This number is the limiting expected overshoot over a boundary for the sum of independent and identically distributed normal variables with unit variance, as their positive mean approaches zero. It has applications in sequential analysis.

REFERENCES

Joseph T. Chang and Yuval Peres, "Ladder heights, Gaussian random walks and the Riemann zeta function", Annals of Probability, 25(2):787-802, 1997.

Hans J. H. Tuenter, "Overshoot in the Case of Normal Variables: Chernoff's Integral, Latta's Observation and Wijsman's Sum", Sequential Analysis, 26(4):481-488, 2007.

Robert A. Wijsman, "Overshoot in the Case of Normal Variables", Sequential Analysis, 23(2):275-284, 2004.

LINKS

Hans J. H. Tuenter, Overshoot in the Case of Normal Variables: Chernoff's Integral, Latta's Observation and Wijsman's Sum, Sequential Analysis, 26(4):481-488, 2007.

FORMULA

-zeta(1/2)/sqrt(2*pi)

EXAMPLE

0.58259715793901067020517716418763115472909387019865...

MAPLE

Digits:=100; evalf(-Zeta(1/2)/sqrt(2*Pi));

CROSSREFS

Cf. A134470 (continued fraction), A134471 (Numerators of continued fraction convergents), A134472 (Denominators of continued fraction convergents).

Sequence in context: A110989 A099736 A119420 this_sequence A010489 A099872 A097908

Adjacent sequences: A134466 A134467 A134468 this_sequence A134470 A134471 A134472

KEYWORD

cons,nonn

AUTHOR

Hans J. H. Tuenter (htuenter(AT)gmail.com), Oct 27 2007

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