OFFSET
0,1
LINKS
G. C. Greubel, Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..10000
Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Dirichlet Beta Function.
Wikipedia, Dirichlet beta function.
FORMULA
beta(8) = Sum_{n>=0} (-1)^n/(2n+1)^8 = (zeta(8, 1/4) - zeta(8, 3/4))/65536 = (PolyGamma(7, 1/4) - PolyGamma(7, 3/4))/330301440.
Equals ClausenFunction(8, Pi/2).
Equals Product_{p prime >= 3} (1 - (-1)^((p-1)/2)/p^8)^(-1). - Amiram Eldar, Nov 06 2023
EXAMPLE
0.99984999024682965633806705924046378147600743300742806972498742924...
MATHEMATICA
RealDigits[DirichletBeta[8], 10, 102] // First
PROG
(PARI) (zetahurwitz(8, 1/4)-zetahurwitz(8, 3/4))*(1/4)^8 \\ Hugo Pfoertner, Feb 07 2020
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
AUTHOR
Jean-François Alcover, Jun 11 2015
STATUS
approved