Could it be possible that the mass of the proton can be calculated by a series of integer sequences? Or is this just a curiosity?
Edit September 18, 2019 --- The most recent mass of the proton has diverged from this summation. It's a curiosity!
∞∑m=11(m2+1)2m=
NSum[1/Pochhammer[m^2+1,2m], {m,1,\[Infinity]}, WorkingPrecision -> 50]
Edit first eight digits match as of 2016. Question at math.SE
First seven digits match the proton's mass in kilograms.
1.6726218229590580987863882056891582636342622102204×10−27
1.672621×10−27 - from OEIS revised 11/15/12
1.672621777×10−27 - from Wikipedia
What's to say that sometime in the future, the proton's mass won't be made more accurate by adding 4.5×10−35 to the current number?
Edit to explain motivation
Whenever I get a result I don't recognize, I look it up on OEIS. I found this number.
I posted on Mathematica.SE with the intention of asking for advice on how to prove that it converges. That would make this number a constant.
If this is a "fluke" or the result of "small numbers," it's still worth exploring.
Edit: It does converge.
Final Thoughts
fp=0.16726218229590580987863882056891582636342622102204
is the 0-dimensional value of a fractal know as the Hilbert Curve.
To get the minimal 3-dimensional value: f×10((dimension+1)!) where 0≤dimension≤3.
This results in the value for a 1×1×1 cube (coincidentally, the definition of the gram.)
To get kilograms: f×10((dimension+1)!+3).
I posit that the fractalness is the stabilizing influence on the proton.
Coda
I agree with everyone that I have been wrong-headed about the importance of this constant. I have posted the constant on OEIS A219733. Thanks for your patience.
Answer
To formalize dushya's comment as an answer:
Since the kilogram is an arbitrary, man-made unit, the actual numerical value of the proton mass in kilograms is meaningless (i.e. it's as good as its value in pounds, ounces, stones, solar masses, MT/c2, etc.). The true fundamental constants of nature are dimensionless: they have the same value in every unit system. Thus dimensional constants like c, ℏ, G, and indeed mp and me, are not very meaningful and can be set to 1 with a judicious choice of units (which is done quite often).
True fundamental constants are often ratios of dimensional quantities such as the fine structure constant, α=e2/4πϵ0ℏc,
Given that, the formula you have found is just a fluke: a consequence of the fact that we chose as our basic unit of mass the mass of a cube of water whose sides measure one hundred-millionth of a quarter of a meridian.
EDIT, given the long comment thread:
@Fred, let me try and rephrase this a bit to see if I can bring out the arbitrariness we're talking about well up to the surface. The real number you have discovered is the inverse of the one you posted: 1026∑∞m=11(m2+1)2m≈5.978638×1026,
Since the proton really is quite fundamental, any stabilizing influence of the fractalness needs to account for the size of the Earth, its predominant climate a hundred years ago, the abundance of water in it, and the detailed chemical state of the brains of a number of mainly French gentlemen that sat down a while ago to try and make unit systems (which are always arbitrary) at least simple to work with.
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