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Khinchin

Khinchin
is Khinchin's constant, with numerical value .
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  • Mathematical constant treated as numeric by NumericQ and as a constant by D.
  • Khinchin can be evaluated to any numerical precision using N.
  • Khinchin's constant (sometimes called Khintchine's constant) is given by .
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Basic Examples   (1)
Evaluate to any precision:
Evaluate to any precision:
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Scope   (2)
Do an exact numerical computation:
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Applications   (1)
Geometric mean of the first 1000 continued fraction terms in :
Properties & Relations   (2)
Various symbolic relations are automatically used:
Various products give results that can be expressed using Khinchin:
Neat Examples   (1)
Terms in the continued fraction:
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