%I #18 Aug 21 2023 11:40:07
%S 8,6,8,8,3,6,9,6,1,8,3,2,7,0,9,3,0,1,8,0,6,5,6,9,9,6,4,1,9,1,0,9,7,2,
%T 2,2,4,7,7,4,6,5,6,6,2,0,1,4,4,9,9,3,1,6,9,2,6,0,8,7,1,9,8,5,6,1,2,6,
%U 0,2,2,0,7,5,2,2,7,7,7,4,1,1,8,1,4,2
%N Decimal expansion of the limit of the square root of the ratio of consecutive Padovan numbers.
%C This is the square root of the inverse of the plastic number A060006: 1.32471795724...
%C This is the positive root of x^6 + x^4 - 1 = 0 and the square root of A075778.
%C An algebraic integer of degree 6 and minimal polynomial x^6 + x^4 - 1. - _Charles R Greathouse IV_, Apr 21 2016
%H Wikipedia, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plastic_number">Plastic number</a>
%H <a href="/index/Al#algebraic_06">Index entries for algebraic numbers, degree 6</a>
%e 0.868836961832709301806569964191...
%t RealDigits[x/.FindRoot[x^6+x^4==1,{x,.8},WorkingPrecision->120]][[1]] (* _Harvey P. Dale_, Jan 17 2014 *)
%o (PARI) polrootsreal(x^6+x^4-1)[2] \\ _Charles R Greathouse IV_, Apr 21 2016
%Y Cf. A000931, A060006.
%K nonn,cons
%O 0,1
%A _Fabrice Auzanneau_, Jun 19 2011
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