Reciprocal/Examples/Euler's Number

Example of Reciprocal

The reciprocal of Euler's Number $e$ is approximately:

$\dfrac 1 e \approx 0 \cdotp 36787 \, 94411 \, 71442 \, 32159 \, 55237 \, 70161 \, 46086 \, 74458 \, 11131 \, 031 \ldots$

This sequence is A068985 in the On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences (N. J. A. Sloane (Ed.), 2008).

Sources

• 1964: Milton Abramowitz and Irene A. Stegun: Handbook of Mathematical Functions ... (previous) ... (next): Table $1.1$. Mathematical Constants
• 1986: David Wells: Curious and Interesting Numbers ... (previous) ... (next): $0 \cdotp 367 \, 879 \, 441 \, 171 \, 442 \, 321 \, 595 \, 523 \, 770 \, 161 \, 460 \, 867 \, 445 \, 811 \, 131 \, 031$
• 1997: David Wells: Curious and Interesting Numbers (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): $0 \cdotp 36787 \, 94411 \, 71442 \, 32159 \, 55237 \, 70161 \, 46086 \, 74458 \, 11131 \, 031$