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A197811
Decimal expansion of x<0 having x^2+x=3*cos(x).
3
1, 3, 8, 9, 4, 3, 7, 4, 5, 2, 7, 0, 4, 8, 2, 8, 3, 8, 9, 2, 9, 1, 4, 9, 8, 2, 5, 1, 4, 2, 9, 1, 8, 9, 2, 5, 5, 9, 6, 3, 3, 7, 3, 5, 7, 5, 8, 4, 7, 5, 0, 8, 3, 7, 1, 4, 1, 5, 6, 7, 2, 2, 7, 2, 9, 3, 7, 0, 4, 8, 1, 2, 4, 4, 7, 1, 1, 8, 9, 3, 8, 8, 4, 3, 6, 2, 8, 7, 1, 0, 6, 3, 2, 6, 9, 4, 2, 2, 6
OFFSET
1,2
COMMENTS
See A197737 for a guide to related sequences. The Mathematica program includes a graph.
EXAMPLE
negative: -1.38943745270482838929149825142918925596337...
positive: 0.9297344303618125096887004946976108824038...
MATHEMATICA
a = 1; b = 1; c = 3;
f[x_] := a*x^2 + b*x; g[x_] := c*Cos[x]
Plot[{f[x], g[x]}, {x, -2, 1.5}]
r1 = x /. FindRoot[f[x] == g[x], {x, -1.4, -1.3}, WorkingPrecision -> 110]
RealDigits[r1] (* A197811 *)
r2 = x /. FindRoot[f[x] == g[x], {x, .92, .93}, WorkingPrecision -> 110]
RealDigits[r2] (* A197812 *)
CROSSREFS
Cf. A197737.
Sequence in context: A016672 A177272 A010630 * A277827 A011276 A021882
KEYWORD
nonn,cons
AUTHOR
Clark Kimberling, Oct 20 2011
STATUS
approved