OFFSET
1,3
COMMENTS
An algebraic integer of degree 4. - Charles R Greathouse IV, Nov 12 2014
REFERENCES
Steven R. Finch, Mathematical Constants, Encyclopedia of Mathematics and its Applications, vol. 94, Cambridge University Press, 2003, Section 5.23, p. 407.
LINKS
Vincenzo Librandi, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..1000
Jean-Paul Allouche, Henri Cohen, Michel Mendès France, and Jeffrey O. Shallit, De nouveaux curieux produits infinis, Acta Arithmetica, Vol. 49, No. 2 (1987), pp. 141-153; alternative link.
Simon Plouffe, 2^(1/4) or sqrt(sqrt(2)) to 20000 digits.
Simon Plouffe, 2^(1/4) to 1024 places.
Nikita Sidorov and Boris Solomyak, On the topology of sums in powers of an algebraic number, arXiv:0909.3324 [math.NT], 2009-2011.
David Terr and Eric W. Weisstein, Pisot Number.
FORMULA
Equals Product_{k>=0} (1 + (-1)^k/(4*k + 3)). - Amiram Eldar, Jul 25 2020
Equals Product_{k>=0} ((2*k+1)/(2*k+2))^(A000120(k)*(-1)^A000120(k)) (Allouche et al., 1987). - Amiram Eldar, Feb 04 2024
EXAMPLE
1.189207115002721066717499970560475915292972092...
MATHEMATICA
RealDigits[N[2^(1/4), 200]][[1]] (* Vladimir Joseph Stephan Orlovsky, Jan 24 2012 *)
PROG
(PARI) sqrtn(2, 4) \\ Charles R Greathouse IV, Apr 14 2014
(PARI) weber(I) \\ Charles R Greathouse IV, Feb 04 2015
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AUTHOR
STATUS
approved