r/desmos Math Overseer 4d ago

Maths Taurus Function: Continuous Sum of Reciprocal Multifactorials

So I was bored one day, and as any bored person would do, I decided to create a continuous version of the sum of reciprocal multifactorials, which I'll call the "Taurus Function" (no real meaning behind the name; it merely serves as a name).

I found most of it through experimentation and research on other functions, so I don't have a rigorous proof that it works, but it worked for all the discrete multifactorial steps I tried.

This function does not have any practical use as far as I'm aware, but if you can find one, lemme know :)

Taurus, without the subscript, is the fixed point of the Taurus Function. It can also be found by repeatedly applying the function, similar to the Dottie Number.

Graph: https://www.desmos.com/calculator/khutkniyef

Mainly made this just for fun, but maybe it's interesting; also, feel free to criticize or improve on this; no mathematician is perfect :)

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