OFFSET
0,1
COMMENTS
The vertical distance between the accumulation point and the outermost point of a golden spiral inscribed inside a golden rectangle with dimensions phi and 1 along the x and y axes, respectively (the horizontal distance is A176015). - Amiram Eldar, May 18 2021
REFERENCES
Steven R. Finch, Mathematical Constants, Cambridge University Press, 2003, Section 1.2 The Golden Mean, phi, p. 7.
Steven R. Finch, Mathematical Constants, Cambridge University Press, 2003, Section 5.12.1 Phase transitions in Lattice Gas Models, p. 347.
LINKS
Rodney J. Baxter Hard hexagons: exact solution, Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and General, Vol. 13, No. 3 (1980), pp. L61-L70, alternative link.
P. S. Bruckman and I. J. Good, A Generalization of a Series of De Morgan with Applications of Fibonacci Type, The Fibonacci Quarterly, Vol. 14, No. 3 (1976), pp. 193-196.
Eric Weisstein's MathWorld, Hard Hexagon Entropy Constant.
Wikipedia, Hard Hexagon Model.
FORMULA
Equals 1/(sqrt(5)*phi), where phi = (1+sqrt(5))/2 = A001622. - Vaclav Kotesovec, Nov 13 2014
Equals Sum_{n>=1} A000045(3^(n-1))/A000032(3^n) = Sum_{n>=1} A045529(n-1)/A006267(n). - Amiram Eldar, Dec 20 2018
EXAMPLE
0.2763932022500210303590826331268723764559381640388474275729102754589479...
MATHEMATICA
RealDigits[(5 - Sqrt[5])/10, 10, 102] // First
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
AUTHOR
Jean-François Alcover, Nov 12 2014
STATUS
approved