RE: [boost] Math Constants Formal Review

From: Paul A Bristow (boost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-06-06 12:21:08

OK - Sorry I have chosen a poor example -
I should have stuck to pi throughout!

but I hope the review can concentrate on what emerged previously
as the _really_ tricky issue of how to _present_ the values in C++,

before we tackle the much easier,
(if still contentious) issue of individual names of constants.

Paul

Paul A Bristow
Prizet Farmhouse, Kendal, Cumbria, LA8 8AB      UK 

|  -----Original Message-----
|  From: boost-bounces_at_[hidden] 
|  [mailto:boost-bounces_at_[hidden]] On Behalf Of Reece Dunn
|  Sent: 06 June 2003 15:47
|  To: boost_at_[hidden]
|  Subject: Re: [boost] Math Constants Formal Review
 
|  This is the Euler-Mascheroni Constant 
|  (http://mathworld.wolfram.com/Euler-MascheroniConstant.html),
 and is denoted 
by a gamma or as C:

const float C = 0.5772156649015328606065120900824024310422F; // 
Euler-Mascheroni constant

>I would have expected e to be 2.71828...

So would I. The Euler constant has the value
   e = 2.718281828459045235360287471352662497757...
(source: http://mathworld.wolfram.com/e.html)

Regards,
Reece