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A173571
Decimal expansion of constant related to Goat Problem, Donkey Problem, Tenenbaum and A173201.
1
9, 4, 4, 4, 4, 3, 3, 7, 8, 2, 0, 5, 5, 7, 9, 0, 4, 6, 4, 9, 2, 2, 0, 8, 6, 0, 4, 2, 1, 2, 9, 7, 8, 4, 9, 9, 8, 2, 1, 1, 1, 6, 0, 1, 8, 7, 7, 1, 6, 3, 4, 3, 8, 5, 8, 4, 8, 2, 2, 4, 4, 2, 1, 9, 5, 3, 1, 3, 5, 9, 3, 3, 1, 8, 3, 7, 0, 2, 2, 9, 8, 3, 5, 2, 7, 8, 7, 7, 6, 8, 5, 9, 2, 3, 0, 7, 2, 2, 2, 6, 6, 0, 8, 3, 7
OFFSET
0,1
LINKS
M. Fraser, A tale of two goats, Math. Mag., 55 (1982), 221-227. Has extensive bibliography. [From N. J. A. Sloane, Jul 12 2011]
FORMULA
x = sqrt(1-A072112^2) = sqrt(1-(1-A133731^2/2)^2); A075838 =(x+PI/2-asin(x))/(A133731^2); with A072112=1-A133731^2/2; A133731=cos(A173201/2)*2;
EXAMPLE
0.9528478646... = A075838 =(0.9444433782055...+PI/2-asin(0.9444433782055...))/(A133731^2);
CROSSREFS
Sequence in context: A378331 A262313 A097878 * A275915 A340578 A378486
KEYWORD
cons,nonn
AUTHOR
Gerd Lamprecht (gerdlamprecht(AT)googlemail.com), Feb 22 2010
STATUS
approved