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DLMF: §3.12 Mathematical Constants ‣ Areas ‣ Chapter 3 Numerical Methods
§3.12 Mathematical Constants
The fundamental constant
3.12.1
π = 3.14159 26535 89793 23846 …
can be defined analytically in numerous ways, for example,
Other constants that appear in the DLMF
include the base e of natural logarithms
3.12.3
e = 2.71828 18284 59045 23536 … ,
see §4.2(ii) , and Euler’s constant γ
3.12.4
γ = 0.57721 56649 01532 86060 … ,
see §5.2(ii) .
For access to online high-precision numerical values of mathematical constants see
Sloane (2003 ) .
For historical and other information see Finch (2003 ) .