Timeline for Is $x=\frac{1}{2}$ the solution of this equation $\zeta(2)= 1+{{{{x}^{x}}^{x}}^{x}}^{\cdots } $?
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Nov 16, 2016 at 22:51 | answer | added | Pat Devlin | timeline score: 1 | |
Nov 16, 2016 at 22:07 | answer | added | Robert Israel | timeline score: 4 | |
Nov 16, 2016 at 21:26 | comment | added | Loïc Teyssier | Yep, silly of me. Was thinking of iterated square roots... Sorry for that. | |
Nov 16, 2016 at 21:24 | comment | added | Ilya Bogdanov | @Loic: I would rather say that it is the solution of $a=1/2^a$... | |
Nov 16, 2016 at 21:24 | comment | added | Pig | No, it should be ~0.641186 wolframalpha.com/input/?i=solve+(1%2F2)%5Ea+%3D+a. In particular, this is not $\zeta(2) -1 = \frac{\pi^2}{6} - 1$. | |
Nov 16, 2016 at 21:17 | history | asked | user99666 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |