Talk:Particular values of the Riemann zeta function: Difference between revisions

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::Yes, when displayed as an equation with <nowiki><math>\zeta^{\prime}(0) = -\frac{1}{2}\ln(2\pi)\approx -0.918938533204672741780\ldots</math></nowiki> markup a copy and paste (as text) produces the whole underlying <span class="texhtml" style="font-family: 'CMU Serif', cmr10, LMRoman10-Regular, 'Latin Modern Math', 'Nimbus Roman No9 L', 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">L<span style="text-transform: uppercase; font-size: 0.75em; vertical-align: 0.25em; margin-left: -0.36em; margin-right: -0.15em; line-height: 1ex;">a</span>T<span style="text-transform: uppercase; vertical-align: -0.25em; margin-left: -0.1667em; margin-right: -0.125em; line-height: 1ex;">e</span>X</span> source, which includes the number in question, ''and'' more. That is not as easy to paste into a calculator app because one wants only the digits, not the rest of the <span class="texhtml" style="font-family: 'CMU Serif', cmr10, LMRoman10-Regular, 'Latin Modern Math', 'Nimbus Roman No9 L', 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">L<span style="text-transform: uppercase; font-size: 0.75em; vertical-align: 0.25em; margin-left: -0.36em; margin-right: -0.15em; line-height: 1ex;">a</span>T<span style="text-transform: uppercase; vertical-align: -0.25em; margin-left: -0.1667em; margin-right: -0.125em; line-height: 1ex;">e</span>X</span>; hence my concern about copy-ability for that case. On the other hand, the approach with <nowiki>{{math|1=ζ′(0) = (1/2) ln(2''π'') = {{val|-0.918938533204672741780}}...}}</nowiki> is more friendly when wants to copy and paste only the digits, but is not as pretty as the first approach.

::I think it is safe to say that we agree that one can ultimately get the digits either way and that one can easily read and understand the text either way. There is a small copy-ability difference and a small prettiness difference. I am hoping for additional opinions on which way to lean. —[[User:Quantling|<span class="texhtml"><i>Q</i></span>uantling]]&nbsp;([[User talk:Quantling|talk]]&nbsp;&#124;&nbsp;[[Special:Contributions/Quantling|contribs]]) 17:22, 6 March 2021 (UTC)

:::Maybe I'm missing the general case here, but at least for this formula couldn't one just go to the OEIS link and copy the numbers from there? Even without that, my take is readability trumps copy-pastability, after all there are likely to be much more readers than copypasters. '''_{[[User:IntegralPython| Integral Python]]}^{''[[User talk:IntegralPython| click here to argue with me]]''}''' 03:00, 7 March 2021 (UTC) EDIT: After reading the whole page, pretty much every equation has an OEIS link, except the ones with numbers provided in a table? I think that is more than sufficient for copy-ability. '''_{[[User:IntegralPython| Integral Python]]}^{''[[User talk:IntegralPython| click here to argue with me]]''}''' 03:02, 7 March 2021 (UTC)