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A002391
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Decimal expansion of natural logarithm of 3.
(Formerly M4595 N1960)
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1, 0, 9, 8, 6, 1, 2, 2, 8, 8, 6, 6, 8, 1, 0, 9, 6, 9, 1, 3, 9, 5, 2, 4, 5, 2, 3, 6, 9, 2, 2, 5, 2, 5, 7, 0, 4, 6, 4, 7, 4, 9, 0, 5, 5, 7, 8, 2, 2, 7, 4, 9, 4, 5, 1, 7, 3, 4, 6, 9, 4, 3, 3, 3, 6, 3, 7, 4, 9, 4, 2, 9, 3, 2, 1, 8, 6, 0, 8, 9, 6, 6, 8, 7, 3, 6, 1, 5, 7, 5, 4, 8, 1, 3, 7, 3, 2, 0, 8, 8, 7, 8, 7, 9, 7
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1,3
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REFERENCES
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Calvin C. Clawson, Mathematical Mysteries: The Beauty and Magic of Numbers, Springer, 2013. See p. 221.
W. E. Mansell, Tables of Natural and Common Logarithms. Royal Society Mathematical Tables, Vol. 8, Cambridge Univ. Press, 1964, p. 2.
N. J. A. Sloane, A Handbook of Integer Sequences, Academic Press, 1973 (includes this sequence).
N. J. A. Sloane and Simon Plouffe, The Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences, Academic Press, 1995 (includes this sequence).
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FORMULA
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log(3) = Sum_{n>=1} (9*n-4)/((3*n-2)*(3*n-1)*3*n). [Jolley, Summation of Series, Dover (1961) eq 74]
log(3) = (1/4)*(1 + Sum_{m>=0} (1/9)^(k+1)*(27/(2*k+1) + 4/(2*k+2) + 1/(2*k+3))) (a BBP-type formula). - Alexander R. Povolotsky, Dec 01 2008
Sum_{i>=1} 1/(9^i*i) + Sum_{i>=0} 1/(9^i*(i+1/2)) = 2*log(3) (Huvent 2001). - Jaume Oliver Lafont, Oct 12 2009
log(3) = lim_{n->oo} Sum_{k=3^n..3^(n+1)-1} 1/k. Also see A002162. By analogy to the integral of 1/x, log(m) = lim_{n->oo} Sum_{k=m^n..m^(n+1)-1} 1/k, for any value of m > 1. - Richard R. Forberg, Aug 16 2014
log(3) = Sum {k >= 0} 1/((2*k + 1)*4^k).
Define a pair of integer sequences A(n) = 4^n*(2*n + 1)!/n! and B(n) = A(n)*Sum_{k = 0..n} 1/((2*k + 1)*4^k). Both sequences satisfy the same second-order recurrence equation u(n) = (20*n + 6)*u(n-1) - 16*(2*n - 1)^2*u(n-2). From this observation we obtain the continued fraction expansion log(3) = 1 + 2/(24 - 16*3^2/(46 - 16*5^2/(66 - ... - 16*(2*n - 1)^2/((20*n + 6) - ... )))). Cf. A002162, A073000 and A105531 for similar expansions.
log(3) = 2 * Sum_{k >= 1} (-1)^(k+1)*(4/3)^k/(k*binomial(2*k,k)).
log(3) = (1/4) * Sum_{k >= 1} (-1)^(k+1) (55*k - 23)*(8/9)^k/( 2*k*(2*k - 1)*binomial(3*k,k) ).
log(3) = (1/4) * Sum_{k >= 1} (7*k + 1)*(8/3)^k/( 2*k*(2*k - 1)*binomial(3*k,k) ). (End)
log(3) = -lim_{n->oo} (n+1)th derivative of zeta(n) / n-th derivative of zeta(n). By n = 1000 there is convergence to 25 digits. A related expression: lim_{n->oo} n-th derivative of zeta(n-1) / n-th derivative of zeta(n) = 3. Also see A002581. - Richard R. Forberg, Feb 24 2015
log(3) = 2*Integral_{x = 0..1} (1 - x^2)/(1 + x^2 + x^4) dx = 2*( 1 - (2/3) + 1/5 + 1/7 - (2/9) + 1/11 + 1/13 - (2/15) + ... ).
log(3) = 16*Sum_{n >= 0} 1/( (6*n + 1)*(6*n + 3)*(6*n + 5) ).
log(3) = 4/5 + 64*Sum_{n >= 0} (18*n + 1)/((6*n - 5)*(6*n - 3)*(6*n - 1)*(6*n + 1)*(6*n + 7)). (End)
Equals 2*arctanh(1/2).
Equals Sum_{k>=1} (2/3)^k/k.
Equals Integral_{x=0..Pi} sin(x)dx/(2 + cos(x)). (End)
log(3) = Integral_{x = 0..1} (x^2 - 1)/log(x) dx. - Peter Bala, Nov 14 2020
The series representation log(3) = 16*Sum_{n >= 0} 1/((6*n + 1)*(6*n + 3)*(6*n + 5)) given above appears to be the case k = 0 of the following infinite family of series representations for log(3):
log(3) = c(k) + (-1)^k*d(k)*Sum_{n >= 0} 1/((6*n + 1)*(6*n + 3)*...*(6*n + 12*k + 5)), where c(k) is a rational approximation to log(3) and d(k) = 2^(6*k+3)/27^k * (6*k + 2)!.
The first few values of c(k) for k >= 0 are [0, 2996/2673, 89195548/81236115, 23239436137364/21153065697225, 3345533089100222564/3045237239236561677, ...]. Cf A304656. (End)
log(3) = 1 + 2*Sum_{k>=1} 1/((3*k)^3 - 3*k) [Ramanujan]. - Stefano Spezia, Jul 01 2024
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EXAMPLE
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1.098612288668109691395245236922525704647490557822749451734694333637494...
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MATHEMATICA
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PROG
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(Python) # Use some guard digits when computing.
# BBP formula P(1, 4, 2, (1, 0)).
from decimal import Decimal as dec, getcontext
def BBPlog3(n: int) -> dec:
getcontext().prec = n
s = dec(0); f = dec(1); g = dec(4)
for k in range(2 * n):
s += f / dec(2 * k + 1)
f /= g
return s
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