index of important irrational constants
The following table lists some of the most important irrational constants in mathematics.
Of course importance is sometimes debatable. Hardly anyone disputes the importance of or (in fact, these are the only two constants in the OEIS to have the keyword “core” attached to them), but for other constants it is not quite clear cut. In general, if a given constant has a name (especially a name hyphenating two famous mathematicians’ last names) I consider it important.
Irrationality is not always clear cut either, e.g., it might be a mistake to exclude the Euler-Mascheroni constant from this list.
The constants are given to 20 decimal places.
In looking these up in the OEIS, you can simply type them with a decimal point and no commas between the digits. If you get no results, try chopping off a couple of the least significant digits.
References
- 1 Alan Jeffrey, Handbook of Mathematical Formulas and Integrals, 3rd Edition. New York: Elsevier Academic Press (2004): 223, Section 11.1.4 Special values of