OFFSET
1,1
COMMENTS
See A201564 for a guide to related sequences. The Mathematica program includes a graph.
LINKS
G. C. Greubel, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..10000
EXAMPLE
least: 1.068223544197249018283471114263092898468...
greatest: 3.032645418388756188675325636802608932...
MATHEMATICA
a = 1; c = 0;
f[x_] := a*x^2 + c; g[x_] := Csc[x]
Plot[{f[x], g[x]}, {x, 0, Pi}, {AxesOrigin -> {0, 0}}]
r = x /. FindRoot[f[x] == g[x], {x, .1, .2}, WorkingPrecision -> 110]
RealDigits[r] (* A196617 *)
r = x /. FindRoot[f[x] == g[x], {x, 3.0, 3.1}, WorkingPrecision -> 110]
RealDigits[r] (* A201582 *)
PROG
(PARI) a=1; c=0; solve(x=3, 3.1, a*x^2 + c - 1/sin(x)) \\ G. C. Greubel, Aug 22 2018
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn,cons
AUTHOR
Clark Kimberling, Dec 03 2011
STATUS
approved