Typo on A002117
Tautócrona
tautocrona at terra.es
Fri Dec 9 04:44:07 CET 2005
On A002117, the decimal expansion of zeta(3), it is said in the comments:
"[...] In Chapter 8 we pointed out that the probability that two random integers are
relatively prime is Pi^2/6, which is Zeta(2). This generalizes to: The probability that k
random integers are relatively prime is Zeta(k) "
Pi^2 / 6 can't be a probability, since it's bigger than 1. I know the real probability is
its inverse, 6 / pi^2 (as proved by Dirichlet) and therefore I suspect that the
generalization is with Zeta(k)^(-1) (assuming the first term of the series is 1).
As this comment seems to be extracted from a book, if it's well extracted, then we may
contact the author and let him know.
By the way, anyone knows where to find the complete proof for this result?
Jose Brox
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