OFFSET
0,2
COMMENTS
With offset 1, decimal expansion of sqrt(5/2). - Eric Desbiaux, May 01 2008
sqrt(5/2) appears as a coordinate in a degree-5 integration formula on 13 points in the unit sphere [Stroud & Secrest]. - R. J. Mathar, Oct 12 2011
With offset 2, decimal expansion of sqrt(250). - Michel Marcus, Nov 04 2013
From Wolfdieter Lang, Nov 21 2017: (Start)
The regular continued fraction of 1/sqrt(40) = 1/(2*sqrt(10)) is [0; 6, 3, repeat(12, 3)], and the convergents are given by A(n-1)/B(n-1), n >= 0, with A(-1) = 0, A(n-1) = A041067(n) and B(-1) = 1, B(n-1) = A041066(n).
The regular continued fraction of sqrt(5/2) = sqrt(10)/2 is [1; repeat(1, 1, 2)], and the convergents are given in A295333/A295334.
sqrt(10)/2 is one of the catheti of the rectangular triangle with hypotenuse sqrt(13)/2 = A295330 and the other cathetus sqrt(3)/2 = A010527. This can be constructed from a regular hexagon inscribed in a circle with a radius of 1 unit. If the vertex V_0 has coordinates (x, y) = (1, 0) and the midpoint M_4 = (0, -sqrt(3)/2) then the point L = (sqrt(10)/2, 0) is obtained as intersection of the x-axis and a circle around M_4 with radius taken from the distance between M_4 and V_1 = (1/2, sqrt(3)/2) which is sqrt(13)/2. (End)
LINKS
Ivan Panchenko, Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..1000
A. H. Stroud, D. Secrest, Approximate integration formulas for certain spherically symmetric regions, Math. Comp. 17 (82) (1963) 105
FORMULA
Equals Re(sqrt(5*i)/10) = Im(sqrt(5*i)/10). - Karl V. Keller, Jr., Sep 01 2020
Equals A010467/20. - R. J. Mathar, Feb 23 2021
EXAMPLE
1/sqrt(40) = 0.15811388300841896659994467722163592668597775696626084134287...
sqrt(5/2) = 1.5811388300841896659994467722163592668597775696626084134287...
sqrt(250) = 15.811388300841896659994467722163592668597775696626084134287...
MATHEMATICA
RealDigits[N[1/Sqrt[40], 200]] (* Vladimir Joseph Stephan Orlovsky, Jun 01 2010 *)
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn,cons
AUTHOR
STATUS
approved