I found this interesting relationship which is an analogue of the Riemann sum for definite integral.
$$ \lim_{n \to \infty}\frac{1}{n}\sum_{r = 1}^n f\Big(\frac{r}{n}\Big) = \int_{0}^{1}f(x) dx $$
$$ \lim_{n \to \infty}\frac{1}{2^n}\sum_{r = 1}^n {n \choose r}f\Big(\frac{r}{n}\Big) = f\Big(\frac{1}{2}\Big) $$
Application. $$ \lim_{n \to \infty}\frac{1}{2^n}\sum_{r = 1}^n {n \choose r}\Gamma\Big(\frac{r}{n}\Big) = \sqrt{\pi} $$
$$ \lim_{n \to \infty}\frac{1}{2^n}\sum_{r = 1}^n {n \choose r}\arcsin\Big(\frac{r}{n}\Big) = \frac{\pi}{6} $$
Question: Any reference to this in mathematics literature?
from Hot Weekly Questions - Mathematics Stack Exchange
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