I solve a lot of problems this way, thanks to OEIS.
How many fromblaz of size N are there? lets count them for N=1 ... N=8 or whatever is tractable to count using naive methods then hope a useful result shows up in OEIS.
OEIS will also return equations for simple linear integer expressions without an OEIS entry.
Unfortunately, the tools for single constants are significantly less good than OEIS.
Re:Weird Constants in Math Problems
by madcaptenor on Tuesday July 07, 2020 @05:56PM
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The problem with this approach is that to get enough decimal places to be able to look things up in a dictionary of constants can require a very long simulation.
It never occurred to me before, but running simulations and looking up the result in a dictionary of constants might be a helpful learning approach for people who are more adept at going from practice to theory.