OFFSET
0,1
LINKS
Steven Finch, Hankel and Toeplitz Determinants, March 17, 2014. [Cached copy, with permission of the author]
Steven R. Finch, Mathematical Constants II, Encyclopedia of Mathematics and Its Applications, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2018, p. 416.
Eric Weisstein's MathWorld, Hilbert matrix
Wikipedia, Hilbert matrix
FORMULA
Det(H_n) ~ h*4^(-n^2)*(2*Pi)^n*n^(-1/4), where h = 2^(1/12)*e^(1/4)*A^(-3), A denoting the Glaisher-Kinkelin constant.
EXAMPLE
0.645002448509577084658961007721787655347614494...
MAPLE
evalf(limit(2^(1/12) * n^(3*n^2/2 + 3*n/2 + 1/4) * exp(1/4-3*n^2/4) / product(k^(3*k), k=1..n), n=infinity), 120); # Vaclav Kotesovec, Oct 23 2014
MATHEMATICA
h = 2^(1/12)*E^(1/4)*Glaisher^-3; RealDigits[h, 10, 102] // First
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
AUTHOR
Jean-François Alcover, Oct 23 2014
STATUS
approved