OFFSET
0,1
COMMENTS
An approximation to Pi/4.
LINKS
J. M. Borwein, P. B. Borwein and K. Dilcher, Pi, Euler numbers and asymptotic expansions, Amer. Math. Monthly, 96 (1989), 681-687.
J. M. Borwein and R. M. Corless, Review of "An Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences" by N. J. A. Sloane and Simon Plouffe, SIAM Review, 38 (1996), 333-337.
EXAMPLE
0.7853981133974483096161608458198756960492923498468264552437...
MAPLE
Digits:=300; M:=5000000; add(evalf((-1)^(k-1)/(2*k-1)), k=1..M);
MATHEMATICA
RealDigits[Total[Table[(-1)^(k-1)/(2k-1), {k, 5*10^6}]], 10, 130][[1]] (* Harvey P. Dale, May 06 2015 *)
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn,cons
AUTHOR
N. J. A. Sloane, Sep 08 2012
STATUS
approved