Euler's constant

Euler's constant
γ
0.57721...
General information
TypeUnknown
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History
Discovered1734
ByLeonhard Euler
First mentionDe Progressionibus harmonicis observationes
Named after

Euler's constant (sometimes called the Euler–Mascheroni constant) is a mathematical constant, usually denoted by the lowercase Greek letter gamma (γ), defined as the limiting difference between the harmonic series and the natural logarithm, denoted here by log:

Here, ⌊·⌋ represents the floor function.

The numerical value of Euler's constant, to 50 decimal places, is:

0.57721566490153286060651209008240243104215933593992...