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A138335 Positions of digits after decimal point of number Pi where the approximation to the number Pi by a root of a polynomial of 2 degree does not improve the accuracy. 12
19, 28, 29, 34, 36, 37, 39, 43, 50, 52, 62, 68, 71, 74, 75, 87, 89, 94, 110, 113, 128, 129, 130, 132, 137, 143, 153, 169, 174, 189, 201, 203, 207, 209, 211, 217, 240, 241, 242, 252, 253, 268, 274, 275, 278, 279, 284, 286, 287, 297 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; internal format)
OFFSET

1,1

COMMENTS

If there is a set of consecutive numbers in this sequence starting at k, this means that k-1 is a good approximation to Pi.

If the set of successive integers is longer that approximation k-1 better (see A138336).

Comment from Joerg Arndt, Mar 17 2008: Does Mathematica's N[((quantity)), n] round a number (if so, to what base?) or truncate it? Is Mathematica's Recognize[] guaranteed to give the correct relation? I do not think so: that would be a major breakthrough. That is, this sequence may not even be well-defined.

EXAMPLE

a(1)=19 because 3.141592653589793238 (18 digits) is root of -3061495+674903*x+95366*x^2 and 3.1415926535897932385 (19 digits) also is root of that same polynomial -3061495+674903*x+95366*x^2

MATHEMATICA

<< NumberTheory`Recognize` b = {}; a = {}; Do[k = Recognize[N[Pi, n], 2, x]; If[MemberQ[a, k], AppendTo[b, n], AppendTo[a, k]], {n, 2, 300}]; b (*Artur Jasinski*)

CROSSREFS

Sequence in context: A147232 A141417 A069529 * A173639 A091448 A067777

Adjacent sequences:  A138332 A138333 A138334 * A138336 A138337 A138338

KEYWORD

nonn,base

AUTHOR

Artur Jasinski (grafix(AT)csl.pl), Mar 15 2008

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