Definition:Wilbraham-Gibbs Constant

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Definition

The Wilbraham-Gibbs constant is the real number defined as:

\(\ds G'\) \(=\) \(\ds \int_0^\pi \dfrac {\sin u} u \rd u\)
\(\ds \) \(\approx\) \(\ds 1 \cdotp 85193 \, 7052 \ldots\)

This sequence is 036792 in the On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences (N. J. A. Sloane (Ed.), 2008).


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Source of Name

This entry was named for Henry Wilbraham and Josiah Willard Gibbs.


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