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A219705
Decimal expansion of cos(log(2)).
2
7, 6, 9, 2, 3, 8, 9, 0, 1, 3, 6, 3, 9, 7, 2, 1, 2, 6, 5, 7, 8, 3, 2, 9, 9, 9, 3, 6, 6, 1, 2, 7, 0, 7, 0, 1, 4, 4, 0, 8, 9, 5, 9, 9, 4, 9, 1, 1, 9, 6, 3, 8, 5, 3, 1, 6, 9, 8, 7, 1, 5, 0, 7, 4, 2, 9, 0, 8, 1, 3, 4, 6, 8, 0, 7, 3, 4, 0, 7, 8, 9, 0, 5, 9, 7, 8, 9, 7, 4, 2, 4, 2, 6, 0, 1, 6, 8, 0, 7, 2, 7, 1, 2, 9, 5
OFFSET
0,1
COMMENTS
In a letter to Christian Goldbach dated December 9, 1741, Leonhard Euler gave 10/13 as a rational approximation of this number.
Also, real part of 2^i. - Bruno Berselli, Dec 31 2012
The imaginary part of 2^i is A220085. - Robert G. Wilson v, Feb 04 2013
REFERENCES
W. Michael Kelley, The Humongous Book of Calculus Problems. New York: Alpha Books (Penguin Group) p. 233, Problem 15.22.
FORMULA
cos(log(2)) = (2^i + 2^(-i))/2.
EXAMPLE
0.76923890136...
MATHEMATICA
RealDigits[Cos[Log[2]], 10, 105][[1]]
PROG
(PARI) cos(log(2)) \\ Charles R Greathouse IV, Nov 25 2012
(Maxima) fpprec:110; ev(bfloat(cos(log(2)))); /* Bruno Berselli, Dec 31 2012 */
CROSSREFS
Cf. A002162, A021017, A220085 (imaginary part of 2^i).
Sequence in context: A011220 A198605 A021017 * A273066 A257964 A178816
KEYWORD
nonn,cons
AUTHOR
Alonso del Arte, Nov 25 2012
EXTENSIONS
a(43) ff. corrected by Georg Fischer, Apr 03 2020
STATUS
approved