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==Series expressions== Khinchin's constant can be given by the following infinite product: :<math>K_0=\prod_{r=1}^\infty {\left( 1+{1\over r(r+2)}\right)}^{\log_2 r}</math> This implies: :<math>\ln K_0=\sum_{r=1}^\infty \ln{\left( 1+{1\over r(r+2)}\right)}{\log_2 r}</math> Khinchin's constant may also be expressed as a [[rational zeta series]] in the form<ref>Bailey, Borwein & Crandall, 1997. In that paper, a slightly non-standard definition is used for the Hurwitz zeta function.</ref> :<math>\ln K_0 = \frac{1}{\ln 2} \sum_{n=1}^\infty \frac {\zeta (2n)-1}{n} \sum_{k=1}^{2n-1} \frac{(-1)^{k+1}}{k} </math> or, by peeling off terms in the series, :<math>\ln K_0 = \frac{1}{\ln 2} \left[ -\sum_{k=2}^N \ln \left(\frac{k-1}{k} \right) \ln \left(\frac{k+1}{k} \right) + \sum_{n=1}^\infty \frac {\zeta (2n,N+1)}{n} \sum_{k=1}^{2n-1} \frac{(-1)^{k+1}}{k} \right] </math> where ''N'' is an integer, held fixed, and ζ(''s'', ''n'') is the complex [[Hurwitz zeta function]]. Both series are strongly convergent, as ζ(''n'') − 1 approaches zero quickly for large ''n''. An expansion may also be given in terms of the [[dilogarithm]]: :<math>\ln \frac{K_0}{2} = \frac{1}{\ln 2} \left[ \mbox{Li}_2 \left( \frac{-1}{2} \right) + \frac{1}{2}\sum_{k=2}^\infty (-1)^k \mbox{Li}_2 \left( \frac{4}{k^2} \right) \right]. </math>
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