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Re: 2.058833711777943011170351... = ?

Subject: Re: 2.058833711777943011170351... = ?
From: "Jarek"
Date: 31 Dec 2006 12:29:42 -0800
Newsgroups: sci.math, alt.math, alt.math.recreational, sci.math.num-analysis
Proginoskes napisal(a):
> The constant 2.058833711777943011170351... came up while I was doing an
> extension of an American Mathematical Monthly problem. Does anyone
> recognize it? (I have more digits, so I can check the answer.)
>
> Plouffe's Inverter isn't any help.
>
>      --- Christopher Heckman

Continued Fraction of this constant is pretty weird:
2, 16, 1, 338, 1, 7, 2, 1964179, 1, 1,
but that's all that can be computed with the approximation given.
How many digits do you have? Can you disclose more?

Jarek


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