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A333477 Decimal expansion of largest negative solution to x! = x, or Gamma(x+1)=x, negated.

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%I A333477 #20 Feb 16 2025 08:33:59
%S A333477 3,1,4,3,5,8,0,8,8,8,3,4,9,9,8,0,0,5,8,6,9,4,3,5,8,7,8,1,8,2,0,2,2,7,
%T A333477 8,9,9,5,6,6,6,6,9,6,0,4,0,6,1,5,5,7,3,4,5,7,7,8,9,2,4,9,0,2,4,2,8,6,
%U A333477 4,2,9,5,3,5,6,3,8,2,5,8,9,0,7,3,9,3
%N A333477 Decimal expansion of largest negative solution to x! = x, or Gamma(x+1)=x, negated.
%C A333477 Fixed point for Gamma(x+1) closest to 1 and 2.
%C A333477 By a mathematical coincidence, the negated expansion of the number is within 0.0633%, or 1 part in 1580 from Pi. Likewise, this constant is 1 part in 1580 away from -Pi.
%H A333477 Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, <a href="https://mathworld.wolfram.com/GammaFunction.html">Gamma Function</a>.
%e A333477 x = -3.1435808883499800586943587818...
%t A333477 RealDigits[x /. FindRoot[Gamma[x + 1] == x, {x, -3.1}, WorkingPrecision -> 100], 10, 100][[1]] (* _Vaclav Kotesovec_, Apr 18 2020 *)
%o A333477 (PARI) solve(x=3.1,3.2,gamma(1-x)+x) \\ _Charles R Greathouse IV_, Apr 18 2020
%K A333477 nonn,cons
%O A333477 1,1
%A A333477 _Eliora Ben-Gurion_, Mar 27 2020