OFFSET
1,2
COMMENTS
This is the limit x of the ratio N(n+1)/N(n) for n -> infinity of the Narayana sequence N(n) = A000930(n). The real root of x^3 - x^2 - 1. See the formula section. - Wolfdieter Lang, Apr 24 2015
This is the fourth smallest Pisot number. - Iain Fox, Oct 13 2017
Sometimes called the supergolden ratio or Narayana's cows constant, and denoted by the symbol psi. - Ed Pegg Jr, Feb 01 2019
REFERENCES
S. R. Finch, Mathematical Constants, Cambridge, 2003, Section 1.2.3.
Paul J. Nahin, The Logician and the Engineer, How George Boole and Claude Shannon Created the Information Age, Princeton University Press, Princeton and Oxford, 2013, Chap. 7: Some Combinational Logic Examples, Section 7.1: Channel Capacity, Shannon's Theorem, and Error-Detection Theory, page 120.
LINKS
Harry J. Smith, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..20000
Simon Baker, Exceptional digit frequencies and expansions in non-integer bases, arXiv:1711.10397 [math.DS], 2017. See the beta(2) constant pp. 3-4.
H. R. P. Ferguson, On a Generalization of the Fibonacci Numbers Useful in Memory Allocation Schema or All About the Zeroes of Z^k - Z^{k - 1} - 1, k > 0, Fibonacci Quarterly, Volume 14, Number 3, October, 1976 (see Table 2, p. 238).
Ed Pegg Jr., Images based on the supergolden ratio
Michael Penn, What is the super-golden ratio??, YouTube video, 2022.
Wikipedia, Pisot number
Wikipedia, Supergolden ratio
FORMULA
The real root of x^3 - x^2 - 1. - Franklin T. Adams-Watters, Oct 12 2006
The only real irrational root of x^4-x^2-x-1 (-1 is also a root). [Nahim]
Equals (2/3)*cos( (1/3)*arccos(29/2) ) + 1/3.
Equals 1 + A088559.
Equals (1/6)*(116+12*sqrt(93))^(1/3) + 2/(3*(116+12*sqrt(93))^(1/3)) + 1/3. - Vaclav Kotesovec, Dec 18 2014
Equals 1/A263719. - Alois P. Heinz, Apr 15 2018
Equals (1 + 1/r + r)/3 where r = ((29 + sqrt(837))/2)^(1/3). - Peter Luschny, Apr 04 2020
Equals (1/3)*(1 + ((1/2)*(29 + (3*sqrt(93))))^(1/3) + ((1/2)*(29 - 3*sqrt(93)))^(1/3)). See A075778. - Wolfdieter Lang, Aug 17 2022
EXAMPLE
1.46557123187676802665673122521993910802557756847228570164318311124926...
MATHEMATICA
RealDigits[(2 Cos[ ArcCos[ 29/2]/3] + 1)/3, 10, 111][[1]] (* Robert G. Wilson v, Apr 12 2004 *)
RealDigits[ Solve[ x^3 - x^2 - 1 == 0, x][[1, 1, 2]], 10, 111][[1]] (* Robert G. Wilson v, Oct 10 2013 *)
PROG
(PARI) allocatemem(932245000); default(realprecision, 20080); x=solve(x=1, 2, x^3 - x^2 - 1); for (n=1, 20000, d=floor(x); x=(x-d)*10; write("b092526.txt", n, " ", d)); \\ Harry J. Smith, Jun 21 2009
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
AUTHOR
N. J. A. Sloane, Apr 07 2004
STATUS
approved