== I_m and the implied A == predicted c0 = 2 (from Lichtman's f_k -> 1) predicted A = -log2/4 = -0.17328679514 (from GLW's a_1 = d log2/4) m I_m I_m - 2 (I_m-2)/(m^2 2^-m) 8 1.9781164364257271198 -0.0218835635743 -0.0875342542971 12 1.9967773337515367226 -0.00322266624846 -0.0916669510674 16 1.9996202620664501565 -0.00037973793355 -0.0972129109888 20 1.9999608253639185076 -3.91746360815e-5 -0.102693958009 24 1.9999963030569146576 -3.69694308534e-6 -0.107681272018 28 1.9999996725943569709 -3.27405643029e-7 -0.112101126382 32 1.9999999723455980154 -2.76544019846e-8 -0.115990968862 36 1.999999997747881875 -2.252118125e-9 -0.11941695918 == stability of the extrapolated A == A three-parameter fit through three points has ZERO residual, so no single fit is an error bar. What is informative is which basis is stable. fit A rel.err log m/m + 1/m (28,32,36) -0.1737870386 0.002887 log m/m + 1/m (24,28,32) -0.1730071625 0.001614 log m/m + 1/m (20,28,36) -0.1727731077 0.002964 1/m + 1/m^2 (28,32,36) -0.159442436 0.07989 log m/m only (32,36) -0.1583382646 0.08626 The one tabulated basis omitting log m/m (1/m + 1/m^2) lands ~8.0% off and the two-parameter log m/m fit ~8.6%, so the three-parameter fit with that correction is doing real work and A then agrees with -log2/4 to a few parts in 1000. This is NOT independent corroboration of GLW's O(k log(k+1)): the basis was chosen with that remainder already in mind.