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A272037 Decimal expansion of x such that x + x^4 + x^9 + x^16 + x^25 + x^36 + ... = 1. 0

%I #11 Apr 25 2016 14:51:08

%S 7,0,5,3,4,6,6,8,1,3,7,9,8,0,6,9,8,9,6,3,6,3,7,9,7,0,6,3,9,3,9,4,1,5,

%T 0,5,2,6,0,0,7,8,1,6,1,5,1,2,2,9,2,8,7,0,5,1,7,4,2,6,7,8,1,6,2,7,3,8,

%U 1,2,3,3,5,0,6,2,0,9,5,1,4,6,2,1,3,7,4,7,1,9,4,8,3,8,8,1,2,2,1,1

%N Decimal expansion of x such that x + x^4 + x^9 + x^16 + x^25 + x^36 + ... = 1.

%C This constant is an analog of A084256 where primes are replaced with squares.

%H Eric Weisstein's MathWorld, <a href="http://mathworld.wolfram.com/JacobiThetaFunctions.html">Jacobi Theta Functions</a>

%F Solution to theta_3(0,x) = 3, where theta_3 is the 3rd elliptic theta function.

%e 0.705346681379806989636379706393941505260078161512292870517426781...

%t FindRoot[Sum[x^n^2, {n, 1, 100}] == 1, {x, 7/10}, WorkingPrecision -> 100][[1, 2]] // RealDigits // First

%t (* or *)

%t FindRoot[EllipticTheta[3, 0, x] == 3, {x, 7/10}, WorkingPrecision -> 100][[1, 2]] // RealDigits // First

%o (PARI) solve(x=.7,.8,suminf(y=1,x^y^2)-1) \\ _Charles R Greathouse IV_, Apr 25 2016

%Y Cf. A000122, A084256.

%K nonn,cons

%O 0,1

%A _Jean-François Alcover_, Apr 18 2016

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