Tangent Sequences, World Records, Pi, and the Meaning of Life: Some Applications of Number Theory to Calculus -- from Wolfram Library Archive

Title

Tangent Sequences, World Records, Pi, and the Meaning of Life: Some Applications of Number Theory to Calculus

Author

I. Rosenholtz

Journal / Anthology

Mathematics Magazine

Year:

1999

Volume:

Issue:

Page range:

367-376

Description

Rosenholtz proves some interesting facts about sequences of the form (tan n)/n^k for fixed k, drawing on number theory and the continued-fraction expansions of irrational numbers like pi.

Subjects

	Mathematics > Calculus and Analysis > Calculus
	Mathematics > Number Theory

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