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- From: rmurphy@aludra.usc.edu (Bob Murphy)
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- Subject: Re: Pi in beatiful form --lost
- Date: 16 Dec 1992 11:24:22 -0800
- Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
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- In article <1992Dec16.144508.19371@nntpd.lkg.dec.com> edp@math.zk3.dec.com (Eric Postpischil) writes:
- >In article <1gmvieINN7al@aludra.usc.edu>, rmurphy@aludra.usc.edu (Bob
- >Murphy) writes:
- >
- >>(pi - 3)/4 = 1/(2*3*4) + 1/(4*5*6) + 1/(6*7*8) + ...
- >
- >The first term is 1/24, which is already greater than (pi-3)/4. Should
- >that have been an alternating series?
- >
-
- Thanks for pointing out that one of my formulas had an error.
- I obtained this from "The Man Who Knew Infinity: A Life Of The
- Genius Ramanujan". The book included this typo. Since I've
- never seen a series like this before I don't know what the typo is.
- That is, I don't know if it is supposed to be an alternating series
- or if the left hand side of the equation is the one that needs to be
- changed. The series is not attributed to Ramanujan so I'm not sure
- where to look to find the correct series. I'd love to know the
- correction and a pointer to a proof if anyone has seen this before.
-
- Bob Murphy (rmurphy@aludra.usc.edu)
-