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Find the value of $P=\frac{\sqrt{6}}{3}\cdot\frac{\sqrt{6+\sqrt{6}}}{3}\cdot\frac{\sqrt{6+\sqrt{6+\sqrt{6}}}}{3}\cdots$. I made this problem inspired by Viete's formula.

I know for sure that it converges because $\sqrt{6+\sqrt{6+\sqrt{6+...}}}$ approaches the value of 3. I have also tested numerically that it approaches $\approx .7862$. I have tried repeatedly using the cosine half angle identity with $\cos\theta=\frac{\sqrt{6}}{3}$, but this doesn't work very nicely with the formula $\cos \frac{\theta}{2}=\sqrt{\frac{1+\cos\theta}{2}}$. I don't know of any other methods to deal with infinite products, but maybe there exists an elegant geometric solution like the 2n-gon proof of Viete's formula.



Also, for a more generalized problem, what is the value of $P_m=\prod_{i=1}^\infty \frac{a_i}{m}$, where $a_i=\sqrt{m(m-1)+a_{i-1}}$ and $a_0=0$. This is the same as the above problem for $m=3$ and $P_2=\frac{2}{\pi}$ by Viete's formula.

Alan Abraham
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    A related discussion in https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/3475600/is-there-a-closed-form-for-3-cdot-frac3-sqrt6-cdot-frac3-sqrt6-sqrt?rq=1 did not reach a conclusion. – player3236 Sep 11 '20 at 05:15

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