A198840 Decimal expansion of x > 0 satisfying x^2 - 4*cos(x) = 3.

1, 6, 4, 4, 6, 4, 7, 2, 7, 4, 3, 1, 3, 4, 6, 2, 7, 1, 7, 7, 1, 4, 6, 4, 2, 3, 2, 5, 5, 6, 8, 1, 5, 9, 2, 4, 6, 7, 0, 5, 8, 7, 0, 1, 4, 1, 3, 4, 1, 8, 6, 0, 7, 1, 5, 0, 7, 2, 8, 0, 1, 8, 6, 7, 6, 3, 9, 9, 6, 8, 8, 5, 4, 0, 8, 5, 6, 3, 4, 9, 7, 8, 2, 1, 7, 1, 1, 6, 4, 8, 5, 9, 3, 7, 8, 5, 6, 5, 2

Offset

1,2

Comments

See A198755 for a guide to related sequences. The Mathematica program includes a graph.

Links

Table of n, a(n) for n=1..99.

Example

1.644647274313462717714642325568159246705870...

Mathematica

a = 1; b = -4; c = 3;
f[x_] := a*x^2 + b*Cos[x]; g[x_] := c
Plot[{f[x], g[x]}, {x, -3, 3}, {AxesOrigin -> {0, 0}}]
r = x /. FindRoot[f[x] == g[x], {x, 1.6, 1.65}, WorkingPrecision -> 110]
RealDigits[r] (* A198840 *)

Crossrefs

Cf. A198755.

Sequence in context: A338303 A316162 A332431 * A211268 A021612 A329281

Adjacent sequences: A198837 A198838 A198839 * A198841 A198842 A198843

Keyword

nonn,cons

Author

Clark Kimberling, Oct 30 2011

Extensions

Offset corrected by Georg Fischer, Aug 05 2021

Status

approved