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A085835 Decimal expansion of Grossman's constant. 0
7, 3, 7, 3, 3, 8, 3, 0, 3, 3, 6, 9, 2, 9 (list; constant; graph; refs; listen; history; internal format)
OFFSET

0,1

COMMENTS

This is the unique x such that the sequence s_0=1, s_1=x and s_n = s_{n-2}/(1+s_{n-1}) for n >= 2 converges.

REFERENCES

S. R. Finch, "Grossman's Constant", Section 6.4 in Mathematical Constants, Cambridge University Press, pp. 429-430, 2003.

Grossman, J. W. "Problem 86-2." Math. Intel. 8, 31, 1986.

Janssen, A. J. E. M. and Tjaden, D. L. A. Solution to Problem 86-2. Math. Intel. 9, 40-43, 1987.

LINKS

Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Grossman's Constant

EXAMPLE

0.737338...

CROSSREFS

Sequence in context: A173182 A021856 A096715 * A153624 A160578 A166201

Adjacent sequences:  A085832 A085833 A085834 * A085836 A085837 A085838

KEYWORD

nonn,cons,more

AUTHOR

Eric Weisstein (eric(AT)weisstein.com), Jul 05, 2003

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