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A030437
Decimal expansion of x such that x^x = Pi.
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1, 8, 5, 4, 1, 0, 5, 9, 6, 7, 9, 2, 1, 0, 2, 6, 4, 3, 2, 7, 4, 8, 3, 7, 0, 7, 1, 8, 4, 1, 0, 2, 9, 3, 2, 4, 5, 4, 2, 9, 2, 3, 2, 6, 7, 5, 0, 2, 7, 2, 6, 1, 9, 3, 0, 8, 4, 6, 9, 7, 5, 1, 0, 8, 4, 6, 8, 8, 0, 6, 2, 1, 2, 4, 8, 7, 3, 2, 6, 1, 6, 6, 5, 5, 9, 2, 4, 0, 3, 3, 6, 6, 1, 7, 0, 6, 8, 2, 4, 3, 8, 8, 0
OFFSET
1,2
LINKS
EXAMPLE
x = 1.8541059679210264327483707184102932454292... .
MAPLE
x^x=Pi; solve(%, x); evalf(%, 140); # solution is log(Pi)/LambertW(log(Pi)), where LambertW is the Omega function.
MATHEMATICA
x=Pi; RealDigits[Log[x]/ProductLog[Log[x]], 10, 6! ][[1]] (* Vladimir Joseph Stephan Orlovsky, Feb 11 2010 *)
RealDigits[x/.FindRoot[x^x==Pi, {x, 1}, WorkingPrecision->120], 10, 120][[1]] (* Harvey P. Dale, Nov 29 2024 *)
PROG
(PARI) solve(x=1, 2, x^x-Pi) \\ Michel Marcus, Jan 14 2015
(PARI) exp(lambertw(log(Pi))) \\ Charles R Greathouse IV, Nov 11 2017
CROSSREFS
Cf. A000796 (Pi), A100947 (continued fraction), A073243 (reciprocal).
Sequence in context: A334502 A093341 A134973 * A200290 A273959 A010525
KEYWORD
nonn,cons
AUTHOR
James L. Dean (csvcjld(AT)nomvs.lsumc.edu)
EXTENSIONS
More terms from Simon Plouffe
Better name from Jon E. Schoenfield, Dec 30 2014
STATUS
approved