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A014176
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Decimal expansion of the silver mean, 1+sqrt(2).
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53
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2, 4, 1, 4, 2, 1, 3, 5, 6, 2, 3, 7, 3, 0, 9, 5, 0, 4, 8, 8, 0, 1, 6, 8, 8, 7, 2, 4, 2, 0, 9, 6, 9, 8, 0, 7, 8, 5, 6, 9, 6, 7, 1, 8, 7, 5, 3, 7, 6, 9, 4, 8, 0, 7, 3, 1, 7, 6, 6, 7, 9, 7, 3, 7, 9, 9, 0, 7, 3, 2, 4, 7, 8, 4, 6, 2, 1, 0, 7, 0, 3, 8, 8, 5, 0, 3, 8, 7, 5, 3, 4, 3, 2, 7, 6, 4, 1, 5, 7
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OFFSET
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1,1
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COMMENTS
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Set c:=1+sqrt(2). Then the fractional part of c^n equals 1/c^n, if n odd. For even n, the fractional part of c^n is equal to 1-(1/c^n).
c:=1+sqrt(2) satisfies c-c^(-1)=floor(c)=2, hence c^n + (-c)^(-n) = round(c^n) for n>0, which follows from the general formula of A001622.
1/c = sqrt(2)-1.
See A001622 for a general formula concerning the fractional parts of powers of numbers x>1, which satisfy x-x^(-1)=floor(x).
Other examples of constants x satisfying the relation x-x^(-1)=floor(x) include A001622 (the golden ratio: where floor(x)=1) and A098316 (the "bronze" ratio: where floor(x)=3). (End)
In terms of continued fractions the constant c can be described by c=[2;2,2,2,...]. - Hieronymus Fischer, Oct 20 2010
An analog of Fermat theorem: for prime p, round(c^p) == 2 (mod p). - Vladimir Shevelev, Mar 02 2013
n*(1+sqrt(2)) is the perimeter of a 45-45-90 triangle with hypotenuse n. - Wesley Ivan Hurt, Apr 09 2016
This algebraic integer of degree 2, with minimal polynomial x^2 - 2*x - 1, is also the length ratio diagonal/side of the second largest diagonal in the regular octagon (not counting the side). The other two diagonal/side ratios are A179260 and A121601. - Wolfdieter Lang, Oct 28 2020
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REFERENCES
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B. C. Berndt, Ramanujan's Notebooks Part II, Springer-Verlag, p. 140, Entry 25.
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FORMULA
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Silver mean = 2 + Sum_{n>=0} (-1)^n/(P(n-1)*P(n)), where P(n) is the n-th Pell number (A000129). - Vladimir Shevelev, Feb 22 2013
Limit_{n->oo} exp(asinh(cos(Pi/n))) = sqrt(2) + 1. - Geoffrey Caveney, Apr 23 2014
exp(asinh(cos(Pi/2 - log(sqrt(2)+1)*i))) = exp(asinh(sin(log(sqrt(2)+1)*i))) = i. - Geoffrey Caveney, Apr 23 2014
Equals lim_{n->oo} S(n+1, 2*sqrt(2))/S(n, 2*sqrt(2)), with the Chebyshev S(n,x) polynomial (see A049310). (End)
An infinite family of continued fraction expansions for this constant can be obtained from Berndt, Entry 25, by setting n = 1/2 and x = 8*k + 6 for k >= 0.
For example, taking k = 0 and k = 1 yields
sqrt(2) + 1 = 15/(6 + (1*3)/(12 + (5*7)/(12 + (9*11)/(12 + (13*15)/(12 + ... + (4*n + 1)*(4*n + 3)/(12 + ... )))))) and
sqrt(2) + 1 = (715/21) * 1/(14 + (1*3)/(28 + (5*7)/(28 + (9*11)/(28 + (13*15)/(28 + ... + (4*n + 1)*(4*n + 3)/(28 + ... )))))). (End)
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EXAMPLE
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2.414213562373095...
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MAPLE
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MATHEMATICA
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RealDigits[1 + Sqrt@ 2, 10, 111] (* Or *)
Circs[n_] := With[{r = Sin[Pi/n]/(1 - Sin[Pi/n])}, Graphics[Append[
Table[Circle[(r + 1) {Sin[2 Pi k/n], Cos[2 Pi k/n]}, r], {k, n}], {Blue, Circle[{0, 0}, 1]}]]] Circs[4] (* Charles R Greathouse IV, Jan 14 2013 *)
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CROSSREFS
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Apart from initial digit the same as A002193.
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approved
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