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<B>EULER</B> _ _ _  _ _ _  _ _ _  _ _ _ <B>operator</B><P>
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The <em>EULER</em> operator returns the nth Euler number. 
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<em>Euler</em>(&lt;integer&gt;) 
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Euler 20; 

  370371188237525 


Euler 0; 

  1

</TT></PRE><P>The <em>Euler</em> numbers are evaluated by a recursive algorithm 
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makes it hard to compute Euler numbers above say 200. 
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Euler numbers appear in the coefficients of the power series 
representation of 1/cos(z). 
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