A282279 Decimal expansion of minimal radius of a circle that contains 12 non-overlapping unit disks.

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

Offset

1,1

Links

Matthew House, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..10000

F. Fodor, The densest packing of 12 congruent circles in a circle, Beiträge zur Algebra und Geometrie / Contributions to Algebra and Geometry, 41 (2000), No. 2, 401-409.

Formula

Set r as the greatest real root of x^5 - 3*x^4 + 7*x^2 - 15*x + 9 = 0. Then, A = 1 + 2*r/sqrt(3) = 4.029601930...

Example

4.029601930116183497482741041263349896...

Mathematica

r = Root[#^5 - 3 #^4 + 7 #^2 - 15 # + 9 &, 3];
N[1 + 2 r/Sqrt[3], 20]

Prog

(PARI) r = solve(x=2, 3, x^5 - 3*x^4 + 7*x^2 - 15*x + 9); 1 + 2*r/sqrt(3) \\ Michel Marcus, Feb 11 2017

Crossrefs

Sequence in context: A011352 A275983 A285750 * A208333 A279413 A208748

Adjacent sequences: A282276 A282277 A282278 * A282280 A282281 A282282

Keyword

nonn,cons

Author

Matthew House, Feb 10 2017

Status

approved