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A100943
Decimal expansion of the nested surd sqrt(e + sqrt(e + sqrt(e + ...))).
3
2, 2, 2, 2, 8, 7, 0, 2, 2, 9, 7, 2, 1, 0, 4, 4, 6, 7, 0, 6, 9, 5, 3, 8, 7, 0, 2, 1, 5, 7, 6, 5, 5, 1, 7, 7, 2, 3, 9, 8, 1, 1, 3, 8, 7, 9, 9, 3, 6, 7, 5, 3, 3, 8, 8, 6, 2, 4, 2, 9, 6, 3, 4, 3, 2, 0, 0, 8, 8, 8, 2, 5, 5, 6, 8, 1, 6, 1, 8, 2, 0, 8, 5, 7, 8, 2, 1, 1, 6, 2, 6, 4, 3, 3, 5, 4, 8, 2, 9, 8
OFFSET
1,1
COMMENTS
e is the natural logarithm base (see A001113 for decimal expansion).
FORMULA
Solution of y^2-y-e=0. [Hudson]
Closed form: (1 + sqrt(4e + 1))/2 [Alonso del Arte, Mar 23 2012]
EXAMPLE
2.2228702297210446706953870215765517723981138799367533...
MATHEMATICA
RealDigits[(1 + Sqrt[4E + 1])/2, 10, 100][[1]] (* Alonso del Arte, Mar 23 2012 *)
PROG
(PARI) default(realprecision, 100):t=0:for(n=1, 5000, t=sqrt(t+exp(1))):return(t)
CROSSREFS
Cf. Continued fraction in A100944.
Sequence in context: A294873 A058788 A013598 * A152660 A339163 A058787
KEYWORD
cons,nonn
AUTHOR
Mark Hudson (mrmarkhudson(AT)hotmail.com), Nov 23 2004
STATUS
approved