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A201738 Decimal expansion of greatest x satisfying x^2-4=csc(x) and 0<x<pi. 3
2, 9, 1, 8, 3, 4, 3, 6, 9, 9, 0, 1, 8, 2, 0, 1, 3, 8, 7, 6, 5, 9, 8, 3, 6, 9, 9, 2, 0, 7, 6, 0, 5, 8, 7, 6, 7, 2, 1, 0, 5, 9, 1, 6, 3, 5, 4, 8, 7, 2, 2, 2, 8, 8, 1, 3, 4, 7, 2, 0, 4, 0, 6, 7, 8, 4, 2, 0, 1, 0, 6, 9, 8, 9, 3, 9, 1, 9, 7, 2, 7, 1, 2, 6, 0, 3, 0, 2, 6, 3, 1, 7, 2, 7, 7, 6, 8, 5, 3 (list; constant; graph; refs; listen; history; text; internal format)
OFFSET

1,1

COMMENTS

See A201564 for a guide to related sequences.  The Mathematica program includes a graph.

There is a greatest number c for which x^2-c=csc(x) for some number x satisfying 0<x<pi.  The number c is between 4 and 5.

LINKS

Table of n, a(n) for n=1..99.

EXAMPLE

least:  2.31504693361737481767157626271919435080...

greatest:  2.91834369901820138765983699207605876...

MATHEMATICA

a = 1; c = -4;

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, 2.3, 2.4}, WorkingPrecision -> 110]

RealDigits[r]   (* A201737 *)

r = x /. FindRoot[f[x] == g[x], {x, 2.9, 3.0}, WorkingPrecision -> 110]

RealDigits[r]   (* A201738 *)

CROSSREFS

Cf. A201564.

Sequence in context: A096250 A016595 A144806 * A201749 A117033 A152584

Adjacent sequences:  A201735 A201736 A201737 * A201739 A201740 A201741

KEYWORD

nonn,cons

AUTHOR

Clark Kimberling, Dec 04 2011

STATUS

approved

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