OFFSET
0,1
COMMENTS
Decimal expansion of cos(2*Pi/5) (angle of 72 degrees).
Also the imaginary part of i^(1/5). - Stanislav Sykora, Apr 25 2012
One of the two roots of 4x^2 + 2x - 1 (the other is the sine of 54 degrees times -1). - Alonso del Arte, Apr 25 2015
This is the height h of the isosceles triangle in a regular pentagon inscribed in a unit circle, formed by a diagonal as base and two adjacent radii. h = cos(2*Pi/5) = sin(Pi/10). - Wolfdieter Lang, Jan 08 2018
Quadratic number of denominator 2 and minimal polynomial 4x^2 + 2x - 1. - Charles R Greathouse IV, May 13 2019
LINKS
Zak Seidov, Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..999
Hideyuki Ohtsuka, Problem B-1237, Elementary Problems and Solutions, The Fibonacci Quarterly, Vol. 56, No. 4 (2018), p. 366; A Telescoping Product, Solution to Problem B-1237 by Steve Edwards, ibid., Vol. 57, No. 4 (2019), pp. 369-370.
Wikipedia, Exact trigonometric constants.
FORMULA
Equals (sqrt(5) - 1)/4 = (phi - 1)/2 = 1/(2*phi), with phi from A001622.
Equals 1/(1 + sqrt(5)). - Omar E. Pol, Nov 15 2007
Equals 1/A134945. - R. J. Mathar, Jan 17 2021
Equals Product_{k>=1} 1 - 1/(phi + phi^k), where phi is the golden ratio (A001622) (Ohtsuka, 2018). - Amiram Eldar, Dec 02 2021
EXAMPLE
0.30901699437494742410229341718281905886015458990288143106772431135263...
MATHEMATICA
RealDigits[Sin[18 Degree], 10, 108][[1]] (* Alonso del Arte, Apr 20 2015 *)
PROG
(PARI) sin(Pi/10) \\ Charles R Greathouse IV, Feb 03 2015
(PARI) polrootsreal(4*x^2 + 2*x - 1)[2] \\ Charles R Greathouse IV, Feb 03 2015
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STATUS
approved