8 Jun
2012
8 Jun
'12
2:29 p.m.
On 6/8/12, Bill Gosper <billgosper@gmail.com> wrote:
[...] So Sum[(SinIntegral[k*π] - π/2)*(-1)^k,{k,0,n}] ~ Log[b,n], where b ~ Log[2]/.220636 = 3.14159 . Hmm. I guess XKCD is OK with logs base π. --rwg
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