OFFSET
1,1
COMMENTS
Expected number of picks from a uniform [0,1] needed to first exceed a sum of 2.
LINKS
Daniel Mondot, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..10000
Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Uniform Sum Distribution
FORMULA
Equals Sum_{n>0} Sum_{k>0} n/(n!*k!). - Fredrik Johansson, Apr 21 2006
EXAMPLE
4.670774270471604991870139989222345315423068476851887749120160194798497165725...
MATHEMATICA
RealDigits[N[Integrate[E, {x, 1, E}], 100]][[1]] (* Arkadiusz Wesolowski, May 30 2013 *)
RealDigits[E^2 - E, 10, 111][[1]] (* Robert G. Wilson v, Nov 05 2013 *)
PROG
(PARI) exp(2)-exp(1) \\ Charles R Greathouse IV, Oct 02 2022
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
AUTHOR
Eric W. Weisstein, Nov 22 2003
STATUS
approved