>
> Date: Wed, 20 Oct 1999 12:19:06 +0000
> From: "Steinar H . Gunderson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: Mersenne: Re: The Mysterious Ways of Mersenne primes
>
> On Wed, Oct 20, 1999 at 10:53:56AM +0200, Preda Mihailescu wrote:
> >What else is pi then
> >1+1/3+1/5+1/7+1/9 and so on ... ?
>
> Ermmm. Isn't that value closer to 2, actually? :-)
>
> Anybody with a little more experience, please step in and clarify :-)
>
> /* Steinar */
Actually, Steinar, it's a little closer to infinity. Preda's series
diverges. He wrote that on one of those days when he hadn't washed his
glasses.
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