When Is 0.999 … Equal to 1?

DOI10.1080/00029890.2007.11920423zbMATH Open1226.11134arXivmath/0511574OpenAlexW141233507WikidataQ58144576 ScholiaQ58144576MaRDI QIDQ3606604FDOQ3606604

Authors: Robin Pemantle, Carsten Schneider 

Publication date: 26 February 2009

Published in: The American Mathematical Monthly (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: A doubly infinite sum, numerically evaluated at between 0.999 and 1.001, turns out to have a nice value.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0511574

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Evaluation of number-theoretic constants (11Y60)

Cited In (4)

• Analytic and algorithmic aspects of generalized harmonic sums and polylogarithms
• A refined difference field theory for symbolic summation
• Algebraic independence of sequences generated by (cyclotomic) harmonic sums
• Simplifying multiple sums in difference fields

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