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A242406
The Rendezvous Constant.
0
2, 3, 2, 1, 2, 8, 5, 0, 3, 8, 0, 3, 2, 4, 3, 1, 6, 5, 7, 1, 9, 2, 4, 9, 3, 5, 5, 4, 7, 6, 6, 6, 7, 8, 2, 7, 1, 4, 1, 8, 1, 3, 9, 1, 0, 3, 9, 3, 6, 7, 1, 7, 3, 4, 8, 5, 7, 1, 7, 8, 5, 2, 1, 9, 0, 4, 8, 9, 1, 4, 6, 4, 9, 7, 8, 1, 7, 8, 7, 7, 6, 9, 1, 5, 9, 8, 7, 8, 1, 4, 9, 5, 5, 3, 6, 6, 9, 2, 4, 7, 9, 6, 0, 5, 1
OFFSET
1,1
COMMENTS
There is almost a root at ~0.34746, but the graph stays negative.
REFERENCES
Steven R. Finch, Mathematical Constants, Volume 94, Encyclopedia of Mathematics and Its Applications, Cambridge University Press, 2003, Section 8.21, p. 539.
FORMULA
The real root of 2x^5 - 4x^4 - 5x^2 + 4x - 1.
EXAMPLE
2.3212850380324316571924935547666782714181391039367173485717852190489146497817...
MATHEMATICA
RealDigits[ Root[ 2 #1^5 - 4 #1^4 - 5 #1^2 + 4 #1 - 1 &, 1], 10, 111][[1]]
CROSSREFS
Sequence in context: A120894 A134819 A135267 * A373355 A270469 A204933
KEYWORD
nonn,cons,easy
AUTHOR
Robert G. Wilson v, May 13 2014
STATUS
approved