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Kepler–Bouwkamp constant
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In plane geometry, the Kepler–Bouwkamp constant (or polygon inscribing constant) is obtained as a limit of the following sequence. Take a circle of radius 1. Inscribe a regular triangle in this circle. Inscribe a circle in this triangle. Inscribe a square in it. Inscribe a circle, regular pentagon, circle, regular hexagon and so forth. The radius of the limiting circle is called the Kepler–Bouwkamp constant.[1] It is named after Johannes Kepler and Christoffel Jacob Bouwkamp , and is the inverse of the polygon circumscribing constant.

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Is Kepler–Bouwkamp constant irrational?
The decimal expansion of the Kepler–Bouwkamp constant is (sequence A085365 in the OEIS)
- The natural logarithm of the Kepler-Bouwkamp constant is given by
where is the Riemann zeta function.
If the product is taken over the odd primes, the constant
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