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A010503 Decimal expansion of 1/sqrt(2). 15
7, 0, 7, 1, 0, 6, 7, 8, 1, 1, 8, 6, 5, 4, 7, 5, 2, 4, 4, 0, 0, 8, 4, 4, 3, 6, 2, 1, 0, 4, 8, 4, 9, 0, 3, 9, 2, 8, 4, 8, 3, 5, 9, 3, 7, 6, 8, 8, 4, 7, 4, 0, 3, 6, 5, 8, 8, 3, 3, 9, 8, 6, 8, 9, 9, 5, 3, 6, 6, 2, 3, 9, 2, 3, 1, 0, 5, 3, 5, 1, 9, 4, 2, 5, 1, 9, 3, 7, 6, 7, 1, 6, 3, 8, 2, 0, 7, 8, 6, 3, 6, 7, 5, 0, 6 (list; constant; graph; refs; listen; history; text; internal format)
OFFSET

0,1

COMMENTS

The decimal expansion of sqrt(50) = 5*sqrt(2) = 7.0710678118654752440... gives essentially the same sequence.

1/sqrt(2) = cos(pi/4) = sqrt(2)/2 [From Eric Desbiaux, Nov 05 2008]

Also real and imaginary part of the square root of the imaginary unit. [From Alonso del Arte, Jan 07 2011]

1/sqrt(2) = (1/2)^(1/2) = (1/4)^(1/4) (see the comments in A072364).

If a triangle has sides whose lengths form an harmonic progression in the ratio 1:1/(1 + d):1/(1 + 2d) then the triangle inequality condition requires that d be in the range -1 + 1/sqrt(2) < d < 1/sqrt(2). - Frank M Jackson, Oct 11 2011

Let s_2(n) be the sum of the base-2 digits of n and epsilon(n) = (-1)^s_2(n), the Thue-Morse sequence A010060, then prod(n >= 0, ((2*n + 1)/(2*n + 2))^epsilon(n) ) = 1/sqrt(2). [Jonathan Vos Post, Jun 03 2012]

The square root of 1/2 and thus it follows from the Pythagorean theorem that it is the sine of 45 degrees (and the cosine of 45 degrees). - Alonso del Arte, Sep 24 2012

LINKS

Harry J. Smith, Table of n, a(n) for n=0..20000

P. C. Fishburn and J. A. Reeds, Bell inequalities, Grothendieck's constant and root two, SIAM J. Discrete Math., Vol. 7, No. 1, Feb. 1994, pp 48-56.

J. Sondow and D. Marques, Algebraic and transcendental solutions of some exponential equations, Annales Mathematicae et Informaticae 37 (2010) 151-164; see p. 3 in the link.

Eric W. Weisstein Digit Product. From MathWorld--A Wolfram Web Resource.

EXAMPLE

0.7071067811865475...

MATHEMATICA

N[ 1/Sqrt[2], 200]

PROG

(PARI) { default(realprecision, 20080); x=10*(1/sqrt(2)); for (n=0, 20000, d=floor(x); x=(x-d)*10; write("b010503.txt", n, " ", d)); } \\ From Harry J. Smith, Jun 02 2009

CROSSREFS

Cf. A040042, A072364.

Sequence in context: A036479 A085966 A010678 * A158857 A011438 A216185

Adjacent sequences:  A010500 A010501 A010502 * A010504 A010505 A010506

KEYWORD

nonn,cons,easy

AUTHOR

N. J. A. Sloane.

EXTENSIONS

Added more terms. Harry J. Smith, Jun 02 2009

STATUS

approved

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