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A125578
Decimal expansion of positive root of x^2 = cos(x).
3
8, 2, 4, 1, 3, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3, 0, 2, 5, 2, 2, 4, 2, 2, 9, 6, 0, 9, 5, 6, 7, 8, 5, 7, 7, 1, 9, 9, 1, 1, 0, 8, 1, 4, 2, 6, 8, 9, 8, 6, 6, 7, 4, 8, 2, 8, 9, 9, 9, 1, 7, 3, 2, 6, 1, 6, 6, 8, 7, 3, 9, 0, 6, 6, 6, 2, 7, 0, 9, 6, 9, 4, 1, 3, 2, 7, 0, 1, 5, 6, 6, 1, 3, 0, 0, 3, 5, 5, 0, 2, 1, 1, 3, 5, 5, 7, 2, 9
OFFSET
0,1
COMMENTS
Both roots have same magnitude: x = +-0.824132312302...
Fixed point of cos(x)/x function. - Michal Paulovic, Jun 13 2023
EXAMPLE
0.824132312302522422960956785771991108142689866748289991732...
MAPLE
Digits:=100; fsolve(cos(x)/x-x, x); # Michal Paulovic, Jun 13 2023
MATHEMATICA
RealDigits[FindRoot[Cos[x] == x^2, {x, {.7, 1}}, WorkingPrecision -> 120][[1, 2, 1]], 10, 111][[1]]
PROG
(PARI) solve(x=0, 1, cos(x)-x^2) \\ Charles R Greathouse IV, Apr 14 2014
CROSSREFS
Sequence in context: A096257 A333206 A357465 * A083729 A019775 A274211
KEYWORD
cons,nonn
AUTHOR
Denton J. Dailey (djd1497(AT)aol.com), Jan 03 2007
STATUS
approved