OFFSET
0,1
COMMENTS
This sequence is also the decimal expansion of cosine of 50 degrees. - Mohammad K. Azarian, Jun 29 2013
A sextic number with denominator 2. - Charles R Greathouse IV, Nov 05 2017
LINKS
Ivan Panchenko, Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..1000
FORMULA
Equals cos(5*Pi/18) = 2F1(11/12,1/12;1/2;3/4) / 2. - R. J. Mathar, Oct 27 2008
EXAMPLE
0.642787609...
MATHEMATICA
RealDigits[ Sin[ 2Pi/9], 10, 111][[1]] (* Robert G. Wilson v, Feb 16 2011 *)
RealDigits[Sin[40 Degree], 10, 120][[1]] (* Harvey P. Dale, Mar 27 2015 *)
PROG
(PARI) sin(2/9*Pi) \\ Charles R Greathouse IV, Nov 05 2017
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn,cons
AUTHOR
STATUS
approved