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A124597
Decimal expansion of the solution to x^2 = sin(x).
5
8, 7, 6, 7, 2, 6, 2, 1, 5, 3, 9, 5, 0, 6, 2, 4, 4, 5, 9, 7, 2, 1, 1, 8, 6, 4, 3, 1, 4, 1, 9, 2, 8, 1, 3, 9, 9, 7, 1, 6, 8, 5, 4, 5, 1, 4, 0, 1, 3, 0, 4, 9, 9, 5, 5, 8, 9, 6, 4, 2, 7, 7, 3, 4, 2, 8, 8, 0, 3, 6, 4, 4, 4, 2, 9, 2, 4, 5, 4, 7, 8, 5, 4, 7, 4, 2, 4, 7, 4, 8, 9, 7, 9, 4, 4, 2, 3, 4, 1, 7, 2, 9, 9, 6, 9
OFFSET
0,1
COMMENTS
Fixed point of cardinal sine (sinc) function. - Michal Paulovic, Jun 13 2023
EXAMPLE
0.87672621539506244597211864314192813997168545140130499558964277342...
MAPLE
Digits:=105; fsolve(sin(x)/x-x, x); # Michal Paulovic, Jun 13 2023
MATHEMATICA
RealDigits[ FindRoot[ Sin[x] == x^2, {x, {.7, 1}}, WorkingPrecision -> 120][[1, 2, 1]], 10, 111][[1]]
PROG
(PARI) solve(x=0.8, 0.9, sin(x)/x-x) \\ Michal Paulovic, Jun 13 2023
CROSSREFS
Cf. A003957.
Sequence in context: A328759 A132037 A247095 * A347903 A214023 A154209
KEYWORD
nonn,cons
AUTHOR
Denton J. Dailey (djd1497(AT)aol.com), Dec 18 2006
EXTENSIONS
More terms from Robert G. Wilson v, Dec 21 2006
STATUS
approved