Re: [Jprogramming] Niven's constant

2016-07-06 Thread 'Jon Hough' via Programming
nivens constnat mean >./@(0&,)@(_&q:)"0 }.i.1e6 1.70519 The first 1 million ints gives a closer approximation. On Wed, 7/6/16, 'Jon Hough' via Programming wrote: Subject: Re: [Jprogramming] Niven's constant To: program

Re: [Jprogramming] Niven's constant

2016-07-06 Thread 'Jon Hough' via Programming
------- On Wed, 7/6/16, jonghough via Programming wrote: Subject: Re: [Jprogramming] Niven's constant To: programm...@jsoftware.com Date: Wednesday, July 6, 2016, 12:40 AM Hi, I don't have my PC at hand now, but what is the problem with your calculation? I had never

Re: [Jprogramming] Niven's constant

2016-07-05 Thread Roger Hui
mean=: +/ % # mean >./@(0&,)@(_&q:)"0 }.i.1e4 1.70357 mean >./@(0&,)@(_&q:)"0 }.i.1e5 1.70504 I think you have to include 1 in the calculation (thus not use 2+i.n as the argument). On Tue, Jul 5, 2016 at 8:12 AM, mikel paternain wrote: > > > De: mike

Re: [Jprogramming] Niven's constant

2016-07-05 Thread jonghough via Programming
Hi, I don't have my PC at hand now, but what is the problem with your calculation? I had never heard of Nivens constant, but looking at Wikipedia there is a formula for it containing the zeta function. Why not use this formula? Zeta 2 3 4 are well known constants, and you can calculate or h

Re: [Jprogramming] Niven's constant

2016-07-05 Thread mikel paternain
De: mikel paternain Enviado: domingo, 3 de julio de 2016 12:07:37 Para: programming@forums.jsoftware.com Asunto: Niven's constant Hi, I need improve the code for calculating Niven's constant. Could you help me? A first test is (see "Computo ergo sum" section in