r(n)= A120994(n)/ A120995(n) Rationals r(n):=(3/4)*W(n), with W(n):= (((2*n)!!/(2*n-1)!!)^2)/(2*n+1) = (((4^n)/binomial(2*n,n))^2)/(2*n+1). limit(n to infinity, W(n)) = pi/2 (John Wallis' product formula from his 1656 book 'Arithmetica infinitorum'). Hence, limit(n to infinity, r(n)) = 3*pi/8 = 1.178097245... r(n), n=1..30: [1, 16/15, 192/175, 4096/3675, 16384/14553, 262144/231231, 1048576/920205, 268435456/234652275, 3221225472/2807136475, 17179869184/14933966047, 68719476736/59612442981, 13194139533312/11425718238025, 17592186044416/15211755050625, 281474976710656/243077636829375, 1125899906842624/971230202264925, 1152921504606846976/993568496917018275, 4611686018427387904/3970836034391543625, 73786976294838206464/63484353883173444375, 295147905179352825856/253761558596729308125, 18889465931478580854784/16230589287846806547675, 75557863725914323419136/64885553094045169940025, 1208925819614629174706176/1037632605264276064743375, 4835703278458516698824704/4148568922748476137868125, 1237940039285380274899124224/1061572692121082282834476875, 4951760157141521099596496896/4244592252176935399685372337, 79228162514264337593543950336/67888360104344712339346517319, 950737950171172051122527404032/814380945284628956663354312695, 20282409603651670423947251286016/17367920159641576728840923607475, 81129638414606681695789005144064/69451029128269467941845453141425, 3894222643901120721397872246915072/3332723384435224201636023811413181] Some numerical values of r(n) are, for n= 10^k, k=0..4: (maple10, 10 digits) [1., 1.150388927, 1.175170309, 1.177802905, 1.178067795] to be compared with 3*pi/8 = 1.178097245... ####################################################################################################### The Wallis sequence W(n) with limit pi/2 = 1.570796327 is, for n=1..30: [4/3, 64/45, 256/175, 16384/11025, 65536/43659, 1048576/693693, 4194304/2760615, 1073741824/703956825, 4294967296/2807136475, 68719476736/44801898141, 274877906944/178837328943, 17592186044416/11425718238025, 70368744177664/45635265151875, 1125899906842624/729232910488125, 4503599627370496/2913690606794775, 4611686018427387904/2980705490751054825, 18446744073709551616/11912508103174630875, 295147905179352825856/190453061649520333125, 1180591620717411303424/761284675790187924375, 75557863725914323419136/48691767863540419643025, 302231454903657293676544/194656659282135509820075, 4835703278458516698824704/3112897815792828194230125, 19342813113834066795298816/12445706768245428413604375, 4951760157141521099596496896/3184718076363246848503430625, 19807040628566084398385987584/12733776756530806199056117011, 316912650057057350374175801344/203665080313034137018039551957, 1267650600228229401496703205376/814380945284628956663354312695, 81129638414606681695789005144064/52103760478924730186522770822425, 324518553658426726783156020576256/208353087384808403825536359424275, 5192296858534827628530496329220096/3332723384435224201636023811413181] Some numerical values for W(n) are, for n=10^k, k=0..4: (maple10, 10 digits) [1.333333333, 1.533851903, 1.566893745, 1.570403873, 1.570757059] to be compared with pi/2 = 1.570796327... ########################################################################################################## Wallis' product formula for pi/2 (or 3*pi/8) leads to the asymptotic formula for C(k)/4^k with the Catalan numbers C(n) = binomial(2*n,n)/(n+1) = A000108(n): take the square of the reciprocal formula, with (2*n+1) replaced by 2*n (for large n): C(n)/4^n is asympotically equal to 1/(sqrt(pi)*n^(3/2)) . See also Exercise 9.8 in the Graham-Knuth-Patashnik book. ############################################## e. o. f #############################################################