OFFSET
0,1
COMMENTS
The Mathematica program includes a graph. See A197476 for a guide for the least x>0 satisfying cos(b*x)=(cos(c*x))^2 for selected b and c.
EXAMPLE
x=0.8418355356143638074857326765621643076...
MATHEMATICA
b = 1; c = 3; f[x_] := Cos[x]
t = x /. FindRoot[f[b*x] == f[c*x]^2, {x, .8, .9}, WorkingPrecision -> 200]
RealDigits[t] (* A197477 *)
Plot[{f[b*x], f[c*x]^2}, {x, 0, Pi/2}]
RealDigits[ ArcCos[ Root[ 1 - 8# - 8#^2 + 16#^3 + 16#^4 &, 2]], 10, 99] // First (* Jean-François Alcover, Feb 19 2013 *)
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn,cons
AUTHOR
Clark Kimberling, Oct 15 2011
STATUS
approved