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The Rendezvous Constant.
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%I #9 Feb 18 2018 20:04:57

%S 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,

%T 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,

%U 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

%N The Rendezvous Constant.

%C There is almost a root at ~0.34746, but the graph stays negative.

%D Steven R. Finch, Mathematical Constants, Volume 94, Encyclopedia of Mathematics and Its Applications, Cambridge University Press, 2003, Section 8.21, p. 539.

%F The real root of 2x^5 - 4x^4 - 5x^2 + 4x - 1.

%e 2.3212850380324316571924935547666782714181391039367173485717852190489146497817...

%t RealDigits[ Root[ 2 #1^5 - 4 #1^4 - 5 #1^2 + 4 #1 - 1 &, 1], 10, 111][[1]]

%K nonn,cons,easy

%O 1,1

%A _Robert G. Wilson v_, May 13 2014