Table E1

Table E1   Estimating ln 2 by corrected partial sums
`n` `text[(]-1text[)]^(n+1)text[/]n` partial sum |ln 2-partial sum| partial sum+(next term)/2 |error|
5
0.2000
0.7833
0.0902
0.7000
0.00685
6
-0.1667
0.6167
0.0764
 
 
7
0.1429
0.7595
0.0664
 
 
8
-0.1250
0.6345
0.0586
 
 
9
0.1111
0.7456
0.0525
 
 
10
-0.1000
0.6456
0.0475