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Catalan
Catalan
is Catalan's constant, with numerical value
.
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Mathematical constant treated as numeric by
NumericQ
and as a constant by
D
.
Catalan
can be evaluated to any numerical precision using
N
.
Catalan's constant is given by the sum
(-1)
k
(2k+1)
-2
.
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(-1)k(2k+1)-2
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