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A198119
Decimal expansion of greatest x having 2*x^2+x=4*cos(x).
3
8, 9, 5, 6, 5, 2, 3, 8, 1, 3, 5, 8, 4, 2, 8, 9, 0, 1, 2, 1, 8, 1, 7, 6, 4, 7, 2, 1, 3, 5, 3, 7, 1, 4, 7, 5, 8, 5, 7, 2, 8, 2, 6, 9, 1, 0, 7, 0, 9, 1, 2, 9, 4, 1, 6, 6, 7, 0, 7, 1, 1, 4, 7, 3, 5, 4, 5, 1, 6, 6, 9, 0, 9, 7, 0, 1, 9, 2, 6, 0, 7, 5, 9, 3, 8, 2, 1, 7, 1, 4, 6, 6, 9, 5, 4, 8, 4, 2, 9
OFFSET
0,1
COMMENTS
See A197737 for a guide to related sequences. The Mathematica program includes a graph.
EXAMPLE
least x: -1.1690226923053929102101002288527830...
greatest x: 0.89565238135842890121817647213537147...
MATHEMATICA
a = 2; b = 1; c = 4;
f[x_] := a*x^2 + b*x; g[x_] := c*Cos[x]
Plot[{f[x], g[x]}, {x, -2, 1}]
r1 = x /. FindRoot[f[x] == g[x], {x, -1.17, -1.16}, WorkingPrecision -> 110]
RealDigits[r1](* A198118 *)
r2 = x /. FindRoot[f[x] == g[x], {x, .8, .9}, WorkingPrecision -> 110]
RealDigits[r2](* A198119 *)
CROSSREFS
Cf. A197737.
Sequence in context: A199460 A245772 A190289 * A088612 A225426 A093626
KEYWORD
nonn,cons
AUTHOR
Clark Kimberling, Oct 21 2011
STATUS
approved