OFFSET
1,3
LINKS
Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Ampersand Curve
EXAMPLE
1.06655509...
MATHEMATICA
eq = (y^2 - x^2)(x - 1)(2x - 3) == 4 (x^2 + y^2 - 2x)^2 ;
sy = Solve[eq, y]; f1[x_] = y /. sy[[2]]; f2[x_] = y /. sy[[4]]; x1 = x /. FindRoot[f1'[x] == 1, {x, 31/21}, WorkingPrecision -> 120 ]; y1 = y /. Solve[eq /. x -> x1][[3]]; y2 = y /. Solve[eq /. x -> x1][[4]]; sx = Solve[eq, x]; g1[y_] = x /. sx[[1]]; g2[y_] = Simplify[x /. sx[[4]], y1 < y < y2]; ni[a_, b_] := NIntegrate[a, b, WorkingPrecision -> 120]; i1 = ni[Simplify[-g1[y], 0 < y < Sqrt[3]/2] , {y, 0, Sqrt[3]/2}]; i2 = ni[f2[x] - f1[x], {x, 0, 1}]; i3 = ni[f2[x] - f1[x], {x, 1, x1}]; i4 = ni[g2[y] - x1 , {y, y1, y2}]; Take[RealDigits[2 (i1 + i2 + i3 + i4)][[1]], 105]
(* Jean-François Alcover, Aug 03 2011 *)
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn,cons
AUTHOR
Eric W. Weisstein, Dec 16 2004
STATUS
approved