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The Euler-Mascheroni constant is a mathematical constant, used mainly in number theory, and is defined as the limiting difference between the harmonic series and the natural logarithm:

$\gamma = \lim_{n \rightarrow \infty } \left( \sum_{k=1}^n \frac{1}{k} - \ln(n) \right)=\int_1^\infty\left({1\over\lfloor x\rfloor}-{1\over x}\right)\,dx$

Its value is approximately

γ ≈ 0.577215664901532860606512090082402431042159335 9399235988057672348848677267776646709369470632917467495w/.

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History

The constant was first defined by Swiss mathematician Leonhard Euler in a paper De Progressionibus harmonicus observationes published in 1735. Euler used the notation C for the constant, and initially calculated its value to 6 decimal places. In 1761 he extended this calculation, publishing a value to 16 decimal places. In 1790 Italian mathematician Lorenzo Mascheroni introduced the notation γ for the constant, and attempted to extend Euler's calculation still further, to 32 decimal places, although subsequent calculations showed that he had made an error in the 20th decimal place.

Properties

Intriguingly, the constant is also given by the integral:

$\gamma = - \int_0^\infty { \ln(x) \over e^x }\,dx.$

It can also be expressed as an infinite sum with terms involving the values of the Riemann zeta function at positive integers:

$\gamma = \sum_{m=2}^{\infty} \frac{(-1)^m\zeta(m)}{m}.$

Closely related to this is the rational zeta series expression. By peeling off the first few terms of the series above, one obtains an estimate for the classical series limit:

$\gamma = \sum_{k=1}^n \frac{1}{k} - \ln(n) - \sum_{m=2}^\infty \frac{\zeta (m,n+1)}{m}$

where $ζ(s, k)$ is the Hurwitz zeta function. The sum in this equation involves the harmonic numbers, H_n. Expanding some of the terms in the Hurwitz zeta function gives:

$H_n = \ln n + \gamma + \frac {1} {2n} - \frac {1} {12n^2} + \frac {1} {120n^4} - \epsilon$ , where $0 AND1lt; \epsilon AND1lt; \frac {1} {252n^6}$ .

There is also the related limit:

$\gamma = \lim_{n \to \infty} (H_{n-1} - \ln n)$ .

The constant can also be calculated as a derivative of Euler's Gamma function:

γ = - Γ'(1).

The constant e^γ is also important in number theory. It is expressed with the following limit, where p_n is the n-th prime number:

$e^\gamma = \lim_{n \to \infty} \frac {1} {\ln p_n} \prod_{i=1}^n \frac {p_i} {p_i - 1}$

which is a restatement of the third of Mertens' theorems. The numerical value of e^γ is:

e γ

= 1.78107241799019798523650410310717954916964521430343w/.

It is not known whether γ is a rational number or not. However, continued fraction analysis shows that if γ is rational, its denominator has more than 10²⁴²⁰⁸⁰ digits.

(According to Havil, J. Gamma: Exploring Euler's Constant. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2003, p.97 as quoted at MathWorld)

The Euler-Mascheroni constant appears, among other places, in:

an inequality for Euler's totient function
the growth rate of the divisor function
a product formula for the gamma function
calculations of the digamma function
calculation of the Meissel-Mertens constant
expressions involving the exponential integral
the first term of the Taylor series expansion for the Riemann zeta function, where it is the first of the Stieltjes constants
the third of Mertens' theorems.

References

Jonathan M. Borwein, David M. Bradley, Richard E. Crandall (2000). Computational Strategies for the Riemann Zeta Function. J. Comp. App. Math. 121: p.11. (Provides a derivation of the sums over Riemann zeta)

Knuth, Donald E., The Art of Computer Programming, volume 1, Addison-Wesley. 1997 (third ion). ISBN 0-20189-683-4

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