// y-cruncher Custom Formula File // // This can be loaded directly from the Custom Compute menu or // entered from the command line as "custom:filename". // // y-cruncher custom custom:"constant - algorithm" // // // Author: Alexander J. Yee // Date: November 1, 2018 // // Value: 0.91596559417721901505460351493238411077414937428167... // // Pi 3 inf ( k!^2 ) // Catalan = ---- Log(2 + sqrt(3)) + --- SUM (----------------) // 8 8 k=0 ( (2k+1)^2 (2k)! ) // // This is not efficient because it computes Pi twice. // { NameShort : "Catalan" NameLong : "Catalan's Constant" AlgorithmShort : "Ramanujan" AlgorithmLong : "Ramanujan's Formula" Formula : { LinearCombination : [ [1 {SeriesHypergeometric : { Power : 1 CoefficientP : 3 CoefficientQ : 3 CoefficientD : 8 PolynomialP : [0 1] PolynomialQ : [-2 -4 8 16] PolynomialR : [0 1 4 4] }}] [1 {Multiply : [ {Log : { LinearCombination : [ [1 2] [1 {Sqrt : 3}] ] }} {Shift : [{Pi : {}} -3]} ]}] ] } }