A001620 Decimal expansion of Euler's constant (or the Euler-Mascheroni constant), gamma.

5, 7, 7, 2, 1, 5, 6, 6, 4, 9, 0, 1, 5, 3, 2, 8, 6, 0, 6, 0, 6, 5, 1, 2, 0, 9, 0, 0, 8, 2, 4, 0, 2, 4, 3, 1, 0, 4, 2, 1, 5, 9, 3, 3, 5, 9, 3, 9, 9, 2, 3, 5, 9, 8, 8, 0, 5, 7, 6, 7, 2, 3, 4, 8, 8, 4, 8, 6, 7, 7, 2, 6, 7, 7, 7, 6, 6, 4, 6, 7, 0, 9, 3, 6, 9, 4, 7, 0, 6, 3, 2, 9, 1, 7, 4, 6, 7, 4, 9

Offset: 0

Author

N. J. A. Sloane

Keywords

• nonn
• cons
• nice

Comments

Yee (2010) computed 29844489545 decimal digits of gamma.

Decimal expansion of 0th Stieltjes constant. - Paul Muljadi, Aug 24 2010

The value of Euler's constant is close to (18/Pi^2)*Sum_{n>=0} 1/4^(2^n) = 0.5770836328... = (6/5) * A082020 * A078585. - Arkadiusz Wesolowski, Mar 27 2012

Examples

			0.577215664901532860606512090082402431042...
		

References

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Links

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Crossrefs

Cf. A002852 (continued fraction).

Cf. A073004 (exp(gamma)) and A094640 ("alternating Euler constant").

Cf. A231095 (power tower using this constant).

Cf. A199332, A252898.

Denote the generalized Euler constants, also called Stieltjes constants, by Sti(n).

Sti(0) = A001620 (Euler's constant gamma) (cf. A262235/A075266),

Sti(1/2) = A301816, Sti(1) = A082633 (cf. A262382/A262383), Sti(3/2) = A301817,

Sti(2) = A086279 (cf. A262384/A262385), Sti(3) = A086280 (cf. A262386/A262387),

Sti(4) = A086281, Sti(5) = A086282, Sti(6) = A183141, Sti(7) = A183167,

Sti(8) = A183206, Sti(9) = A184853, Sti(10) = A184854.

Programs

Magma

EulerGamma(250); // G. C. Greubel, Aug 21 2018

Maple

Digits := 100; evalf(gamma);

Mathematica

RealDigits[ EulerGamma, 10, 105][[1]] (* Robert G. Wilson v, Nov 01 2004 *)
(1/2) N[Sum[PolyGamma[0, 1/2 + 2^k] - PolyGamma[0, 2^k], {k, 0, Infinity }], 30] (* Dimitri Papadopoulos, Nov 30 2016 *)

PARI

default(realprecision, 20080); x=Euler; d=0; for (n=0, 20000, x=(x-d)*10; d=floor(x); write("b001620.txt", n, " ", d));  \\ Harry J. Smith, Apr 15 2009

Python

from sympy import S
def aupton(digs): return [int(d) for d in str(S.EulerGamma.n(digs+2))[2:-2]]
print(aupton(99)) # Michael S. Branicky, Nov 22 2021

Formula

Limit_{n->oo} (1 + 1/2 + ... + 1/n - log(n)) (definition).

Sum_{n>=1} (1/n - log(1 + 1/n)), since log(1 + 1/1) + ... + log(1 + 1/n) telescopes to log(n+1) and lim_{n->infinity} (log(n+1) - log(n)) = 0.

Integral_{x=0..1} -log(log(1/x)). - Robert G. Wilson v, Jan 04 2006

Integral_{x=0..1,y=0..1} (x-1)/((1-x*y)*log(x*y)). - (see Sondow 2005)

Integral_{x=0..oo} -log(x)*exp(-x). - Jean-François Alcover, Mar 22 2013

Integral_{x=0..1} (1 - exp(-x) - exp(-1/x))/x. - Jean-François Alcover, Apr 11 2013

Equals the lim_{n->oo} fractional part of zeta(1+1/n). The corresponding fractional part for x->1 from below, using n-1/n, is -(1-a(n)). The fractional part found in this way for the first derivative of Zeta as x->1 is A252898. - Richard R. Forberg, Dec 24 2014

Limit_{x->1} (Zeta(x)-1/(x-1)) from Whittaker and Watson. 1990. - Richard R. Forberg, Dec 30 2014

exp(gamma) = lim_{i->oo} exp(H(i)) - exp(H(i-1)), where H(i) = i-th Harmonic number. For a given n this converges faster than the standard definition, and two above, after taking the logarithm (e.g., 13 digits vs. 6 digits at n=3000000 or x=1+1/3000000). - Richard R. Forberg, Jan 08 2015

Limit_{n->oo} (1/2) Sum_{j>=1} Sum_{k=1..n} ((1 - 2*k + 2*n)/((-1 + k + j*n) (k + j*n))). - Dimitri Papadopoulos, Jan 13 2016

Equals 25/27 minus lim_{x->oo} 2^(x+1)/3 - (22/27)*(4/3)^x - Zeta(Sum_{i>=1} (H_i/i^x)), letting H_i denote the i-th harmonic number. - John M. Campbell, Jan 29 2016

Limit_{x->0} -B'(x), where B(x) = -x zeta(1-x) is the "Bernoulli function". - Jean-François Alcover, May 20 2016

Sum_{k>=0} (1/2)(digamma(1/2+2^k) - digamma(2^k)) where digamma(x) = d/dx log(Gamma(x)). - Dimitri Papadopoulos, Nov 14 2016

Using the abbreviations a = log(z^2 + 1/4)/2, b = arctan(2*z) and c = cosh(Pi*z) then gamma = -Pi*Integral_{0..oo} a/c^2. The general case is for n >= 0 (which includes Euler's gamma as gamma_0) gamma_n = -(Pi/(n+1))* Integral_{0..oo} sigma(n+1)/c^2, where sigma(n) = Sum_{k=0..floor(n/2)} (-1)^k*binomial(n,2*k)*b^(2*k) *a^(n-2*k). - Peter Luschny, Apr 19 2018

Limit_{s->0} (Zeta'(1-s)*s - Zeta(1-s)) / (Zeta(1-s)*s). - Peter Luschny, Jun 18 2018

log(2) * (gamma - (1/2) * log(2)) = -Sum_{v >= 1} (1/2^(v+1)) * (Delta^v (log(w)/w))|{w=1}, where Delta(f(w)) = f(w) - f(w + 1) (forward difference). [This is a formula from Lerch (1897).] - _Petros Hadjicostas, Jul 21 2019

From Amiram Eldar, Jul 05 2020: (Start)

Equals Integral_{x=1..oo} (1/floor(x) - 1/x) dx.

Equals Integral_{x=0..1} (1/(1-x) + 1/log(x)) dx = Integral_{x=0..1} (1/x + 1/log(1-x)) dx.

Equals -Integral_{-oo..oo} x*exp(x-exp(x)) dx.

Equals Sum_{k>=1} (-1)^k * floor(log_2(k))/k.

Equals (-1/2) * Sum_{k>=1} (Lambda(k)-1)/k, where Lambda is the Mangoldt function. (End)

Equals Integral_{0..1} -1/LambertW(-1,-x*exp(-x)) dx = 1 + Integral_{0..1} LambertW(-1/x*exp(-1/x)) dx. - Gleb Koloskov, Jun 12 2021

Equals Sum_{k>=2} (-1)^k * zeta(k)/k. - Vaclav Kotesovec, Jun 19 2021

Equals lim_{x->oo} log(x) - Sum_{p prime <= x} log(p)/(p-1). - Amiram Eldar, Jun 29 2021

Limit_{n->oo} (2*HarmonicNumber(n) - HarmonicNumber(n^2)). After answer by Eric Naslund on Mathematics Stack Exchange, on Jun 21 2011. - Mats Granvik, Jul 19 2021

Equals Integral_{x=0..oo} ( exp(-x) * (1/(1-exp(-x)) - 1/x) ) dx (see Gugger or Monier). - Bernard Schott, Nov 21 2021

Equals 1/2 + Limit_{s->1} (Zeta(s) + Zeta(1/s))/2. - Thomas Ordowski, Jan 12 2023

Equals Sum_{j>=2} Sum_{k>=2} ((k-1)/(k*j^k)). - Mike Tryczak, Apr 06 2023

From Stefano Spezia, Oct 27 2024: (Start)

Equals Sum_{n>=1} n*(zeta(n+1) - 1)/(n + 1) [Euler] (see Finch at p. 30).

Equals lim_{n->oo} Sum_{prime p<=n} log(p/(p - 1)) - log(log(n)) (see Finch at p. 31). (End)

Equals lim_{s->1} zeta(s) - zeta(s)^2/zeta(2*s - 1)/2. - Mats Granvik, Jul 07 2025