How close does #sum_(n=1)^oo 1/(n!), n="integers"# get to #e#?
I was playing with sums of series and found that #sum_(n=1)^oo 1/(n!), n="integers"# got got to #e# on some devices I used, i.e. calculator or online.
I was playing with sums of series and found that
1 Answer
Jul 4, 2017
See below.
Explanation:
It is easier to answer this question regarding
Considering the definition of
This is a alternating convergent series such that
then we know that the truncation error is less than the last non considered term.