OFFSET
1,1
COMMENTS
1 + sqrt(3) is the length of the minimal Steiner network that connects the four vertices of a unit square. - Lekraj Beedassy, May 02 2008
This is the case n = 12 in the identity (Gamma(1/n)/Gamma(3/n))*(Gamma((n-1)/n)/Gamma((n-3)/n)) = 1 + 2*cos(2*Pi/n). - Bruno Berselli, Dec 14 2012
Equals n + n/(n + n/(n + n/(n + ...))) for n = 2. - Stanislav Sykora, Jan 23 2014
A non-optimal solution to the problem of finding the length of shortest fence that protects privacy of a square garden [Kawohl]. Cf. A256965. - N. J. A. Sloane, Apr 14 2015
Perimeter of a 30-60-90 triangle with longest leg equal to 1. - Wesley Ivan Hurt, Apr 09 2016
Length of the second shortest diagonal in a regular 12-gon with unit side. - Mohammed Yaseen, Dec 13 2020
LINKS
G. C. Greubel, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..10000
Bernd Kawohl, Some nonconvex shape optimization problems, in: Optimal Shape Design, Eds. A.Cellina u. A. Ornelas, Springer Lecture Notes in Math.1740 (2000), p. 7-46.
Ian Stewart, Pursuing Polygonal Privacy, Mathematical Recreations Column, Scientific American, 284 (No. 2, 2001), 88-89.
FORMULA
Equals 1 + A002194. - R. J. Mathar, Oct 16 2015
Equals A019973 -1 . - R. J. Mathar, May 25 2023
EXAMPLE
2.7320508075688772...
MAPLE
Digits:=100: evalf((1+sqrt(3))); # Wesley Ivan Hurt, Apr 09 2016
MATHEMATICA
RealDigits[1 + Sqrt[3], 10, 100][[1]] (* Alonso del Arte, Feb 23 2014 *)
PROG
(PARI) 1 + sqrt(3) \\ Michel Marcus, Apr 10 2016
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
AUTHOR
Felix Tubiana, Feb 05 2004
EXTENSIONS
Better definition from Rick L. Shepherd, Jul 02 2004
STATUS
approved