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If I want a series that sums to pi there are a lot of choices. I seem to recall that there is also at least one simple series that sums to a rational multiple of 1/pi, but I can't recall what it is.
I managed to find a continued fraction expansion that gives 1/pi, but it didn't seem to produce a very simple infinite series.
The motivation for this problem is that I've been working on a physics problem where the answer is "2/9", and one begins with "2 pi / 3". If there were a series that came to 1/pi or better yet 1/(3 pi), then I might be able to guess a physical process (i.e. a series of Feynman diagrams) that would give that sum. Anyone have any clues?
[edit]Maybe that continued fraction expansion is what I'm looking for. Basically, it's a continued fraction expansion for pi, but when one eliminates the first term, one gets an expansion for 1/pi. This seems like the kind of thing that might show up in a resummation of Feynman diagrams.[/edit]
No I am not in school, and this is not homework.
Carl
I managed to find a continued fraction expansion that gives 1/pi, but it didn't seem to produce a very simple infinite series.
The motivation for this problem is that I've been working on a physics problem where the answer is "2/9", and one begins with "2 pi / 3". If there were a series that came to 1/pi or better yet 1/(3 pi), then I might be able to guess a physical process (i.e. a series of Feynman diagrams) that would give that sum. Anyone have any clues?
[edit]Maybe that continued fraction expansion is what I'm looking for. Basically, it's a continued fraction expansion for pi, but when one eliminates the first term, one gets an expansion for 1/pi. This seems like the kind of thing that might show up in a resummation of Feynman diagrams.[/edit]
No I am not in school, and this is not homework.
Carl