I started using maple around 1995 on the Inverse Symbolic Calculator to discover the MRB constant and got put on this list.

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I discovered the MRB constant (CMRB) while using Maple. Since then, I've found many formulas related to it, including its integrated analog the MKB constant (MKB). They're both found in Google scholar!

However, I am stuck on proving the following.

Also prove the above equation, ReMKB+NoMKB-CMRB=0.

All my similar proofs are found at

https://www.mapleprimes.com/posts/214522-Formulas-For-The-MRB-Constant?sp=214522

While using a version of Maple on the inverse symbolic calculator I first described my idea for a new constant in 1999 and other people named it after me, calling it the MRB constant. While looking for an applied math purpose for the MRB constant =sum((-1)^k (k^(1/k)-1),k=1..infinity), I noticed that the absolute value of its summand is the interest rate to multiply an investment k times in k years=k^(1/k)-1. Any ideas on how this might be related to other subjects?

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What can be said about this divergent series:

 sum((cos(m)+I*sin(m))*(cosh(w)+sinh(w)),n=1 ..infinity) where m=Pi*n and w = ln(n)/n?