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A201661
Decimal expansion of least x satisfying x^2 - 1 = csc(x) and 0<x<Pi.
3
1, 4, 1, 8, 3, 5, 5, 6, 1, 8, 5, 4, 4, 9, 4, 2, 6, 5, 6, 3, 3, 5, 3, 0, 6, 2, 3, 6, 8, 7, 2, 0, 8, 1, 9, 1, 9, 3, 3, 6, 0, 8, 6, 0, 7, 1, 9, 4, 4, 2, 3, 1, 8, 8, 8, 4, 1, 9, 9, 5, 2, 7, 3, 9, 8, 4, 1, 1, 0, 9, 3, 7, 8, 2, 6, 9, 7, 4, 6, 2, 0, 7, 9, 6, 9, 2, 0, 3, 5, 0, 8, 7, 4, 1, 3, 1, 5, 5, 1
OFFSET
1,2
COMMENTS
See A201564 for a guide to related sequences. The Mathematica program includes a graph.
LINKS
EXAMPLE
least: 1.4183556185449426563353062368720819193360860...
greatest: 3.0179424745361512278525720832771672528942...
MATHEMATICA
a = 1; c = -1;
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, 1.4, 1.5}, WorkingPrecision -> 110]
RealDigits[r] (* A201661 *)
r = x /. FindRoot[f[x] == g[x], {x, 3.0, 3.14}, WorkingPrecision -> 110]
RealDigits[r] (* A201663 *)
PROG
(PARI) a=1; c=-1; solve(x=1, 2, a*x^2 + c - 1/sin(x)) \\ G. C. Greubel, Sep 11 2018
CROSSREFS
Cf. A201564.
Sequence in context: A112032 A199049 A145917 * A376815 A263498 A198314
KEYWORD
nonn,cons
AUTHOR
Clark Kimberling, Dec 04 2011
STATUS
approved