OFFSET
1,4
COMMENTS
The polar angle, in radians, of the cone circumscribed to a regular icosahedron from one of its vertices. - Stanislav Sykora, Feb 15 2014
The angle between the diagonal and the shorter side of a golden rectangle. - Amiram Eldar, May 18 2021
LINKS
Stanislav Sykora, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..2000
FORMULA
Equals arccos(sqrt((5-sqrt(5))/10)). - Stanislav Sykora, Feb 15 2014
Equals Pi/2 - A195693. - Amiram Eldar, May 18 2021
EXAMPLE
arctan((1+sqrt(5))/2) = 1.0172219678978513677227...
MATHEMATICA
r=GoldenRatio; N[ArcTan[r], 100]
RealDigits[%] (* A195723 *)
PROG
(PARI) atan((1+sqrt(5))/2) \\ G. C. Greubel, Aug 20 2018
(Magma) SetDefaultRealField(RealField(100)); Arctan((1+Sqrt(5))/2); // G. C. Greubel, Aug 20 2018
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
AUTHOR
Clark Kimberling, Sep 23 2011
STATUS
approved