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A137218
Decimal expansion of the argument of -1 + 2*i.
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2, 0, 3, 4, 4, 4, 3, 9, 3, 5, 7, 9, 5, 7, 0, 2, 7, 3, 5, 4, 4, 5, 5, 7, 7, 9, 2, 3, 1, 0, 0, 9, 6, 5, 8, 4, 4, 1, 2, 7, 1, 2, 1, 7, 5, 3, 9, 7, 3, 6, 7, 3, 1, 7, 4, 2, 9, 8, 4, 0, 5, 3, 8, 4, 8, 7, 4, 1, 0, 6, 0, 6, 7, 3, 0, 8, 8, 4, 6, 2, 0, 4, 6, 1, 4, 6, 1, 7, 6, 9, 6, 6, 5, 5, 9, 4, 6, 4, 2, 6, 5, 4, 7, 6, 0
OFFSET
1,1
COMMENTS
Gives closed forms for many arctangent values:
arctan(2) = Pi - a, arctan(1/2) = a - Pi/2,
arctan(3) = a - Pi/4, arctan(1/3) = 3*Pi/4 - a,
arctan(7) = 7*Pi/4 - 2*a, arctan(1/7) = 2*a - 5*Pi/4,
arctan(4/3) = 2*a - Pi and arctan(3/4) = 3*Pi/2 - 2*a.
Dihedral angle in the dodecahedron (radians). - R. J. Mathar, Mar 24 2012
Larger interior angle (in radians) of a golden rhombus; A105199 is the smaller interior angle. - Eric W. Weisstein, Dec 17 2018
LINKS
Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Golden Rhombus
Wikipedia, Dodecahedron
FORMULA
Equals Pi - arctan(2) = A000796 - A105199 = 2*A195723.
EXAMPLE
2.0344439357957027354455779231...
MATHEMATICA
RealDigits[Pi - ArcTan[2], 10, 120][[1]] (* Harvey P. Dale, Aug 08 2014 *)
PROG
(PARI)
default(realprecision, 120);
acos(-1/sqrt(5)) \\ or
arg(-1+2*I) \\ Rick L. Shepherd, Jan 26 2014
CROSSREFS
Platonic solids' dihedral angles: A137914 (tetrahedron), A156546 (octahedron), A019669 (cube), A236367 (icosahedron). - Stanislav Sykora, Jan 23 2014
Cf. A242723 (same in degrees).
Cf. A105199 (smaller interior angle of the golden rhombus).
Sequence in context: A350534 A101336 A300001 * A306765 A087819 A290820
KEYWORD
cons,nonn
AUTHOR
Matt Rieckman (mjr162006(AT)yahoo.com), Mar 06 2008
EXTENSIONS
Corrected a typo in the sequence Matt Rieckman (mjr162006(AT)yahoo.com), Feb 05 2010
More terms from Rick L. Shepherd, Jan 26 2014
STATUS
approved