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Reciprocal-factorial series remainder bound (e−∑i=0n​i!1​≤(n+1)(n+1)!n+2​)

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The positive tail after term n in the reciprocal-factorial series for Euler's number satisfies 1/(n+1)!<e−∑i=0n​1/i!≤(n+2)/((n+1)(n+1)!). The upper bound replaces each subsequent denominator factor by n+2 and sums the resulting geometric series; the lower bound retains only the first omitted term. This supplies an explicit error certificate and, with Stirling's formula, a term count of order d/logd for d decimal digits. The arithmetic evaluation also has its own rounding error, distinct from this truncation bound.

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