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A121501
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Positions n of A121500 where the minimal relative error associated with the polygon problem described there decreases.
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3
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3, 5, 6, 8, 11, 14, 15, 17, 18, 21, 31, 38, 48, 65, 82, 89, 99, 106, 123, 181, 222, 280, 379, 478, 519, 577, 618, 717
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OFFSET
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1,1
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COMMENTS
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The minimal relative errors for the unit circle area approximation by the arithmetic mean of areas of an inscribed regular n-gon and a circumscribed regular A121500(n)-gon decrease (strictly) for these n=a(k) values. This results from a minimization, first within row n and then along the rows n of the matrix E(n,m) defined below.
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FORMULA
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a(k) is such that E(a(k),A121500(a(k)) < min(E(n,A121500(n)),n=3..a(k)-1), k>=2, a(1):=3, with the relative error E(n,m):= abs(F(n,m)-Pi))/Pi and F(n,m):= (Fin(n)+Fout(m))/2, where Fin(n):=(n/2)*sin(2*Pi/ n) and Fout(m):= m*tan(Pi/m).
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EXAMPLE
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For k=4, a(4)=8, m:= A121500(8)= 6. The relative error associated with F(n=8,m=6) is the smallest among those with values n=3,..,8.
(n,m) pairs (a(k),A121500(a(k)), for k=1..7: [3, 3], [5, 4], [6, 5], [8, 6], [11, 8], [14, 10], [15, 11].
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KEYWORD
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nonn,more
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STATUS
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approved
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