OFFSET
1,2
COMMENTS
This constant is transcendental: Chudnovsky famously proved that Gamma(1/3) is algebraically independent of Pi, but Gamma(1/3)*Gamma(2/3) = 2*Pi/sqrt(3) by the reflection formula. - Charles R Greathouse IV, Aug 21 2023
REFERENCES
Jerome Spanier and Keith B. Oldham, "Atlas of Functions", Hemisphere Publishing Corp., 1987, chapter 43, equation 43:4:8 at page 413.
LINKS
Harry J. Smith, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..5000
Simon Plouffe, GAMMA(2/3).
FORMULA
EXAMPLE
1.354117939426400416945288028154513785519327266056793698394022467963782...
MATHEMATICA
RealDigits[ N[ Gamma[2/3], 110]][[1]]
PROG
(PARI) allocatemem(932245000); default(realprecision, 5080); x=gamma(2/3); for (n=1, 5000, d=floor(x); x=(x-d)*10; write("b073006.txt", n, " ", d)); \\ Harry J. Smith, May 14 2009
(Magma) SetDefaultRealField(RealField(100)); Gamma(2/3); // G. C. Greubel, Mar 10 2018
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
AUTHOR
Robert G. Wilson v, Aug 03 2002
STATUS
approved