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A206291
Decimal expansion of the middle zero x(2) of the function F(x) = f(f(x)) - x, where f(x) = cos(x) - sin(x).
3
4, 5, 6, 6, 2, 4, 7, 0, 4, 5, 6, 7, 6, 3, 0, 8, 2, 4, 4, 3, 7, 6, 9, 7, 4, 5, 7, 1, 2, 8, 4, 5, 7, 3, 7, 5, 8, 9, 8, 2, 3, 1, 6, 1, 3, 8, 9, 2, 2, 5, 6, 3, 2, 5, 2, 4, 2, 2, 7, 8, 2, 3, 0, 7, 7, 3, 4, 5, 3, 8, 6, 2, 9, 0, 0, 6, 4, 2, 2, 9, 7, 0, 2, 9, 1, 4, 3, 1, 8, 9, 9, 3, 0, 1, 7, 7, 1, 5, 8, 8, 6, 8, 4, 6, 1
OFFSET
0,1
COMMENTS
The decimal expansions of the other two zeros (x(1) and x(3)) of F(x) are A216891 and A216863, respectively. See the Comments at A216891 for more information on the properties of these zeros.
LINKS
R. Witula, D. Slota and Szeged Problem Group "Fejentalaltuka", An Iteration Convergence: 11318[2007,745], Amer. Math. Monthly, 116, No. 7 (2009), 648-649.
EXAMPLE
We have f(x(2)) = x(2) = 0.45662470456763..., sin(x(2)) = 0.4409211... and x(2) - sin(x(2)) > 0.015703...
KEYWORD
nonn,cons
AUTHOR
Roman Witula, Sep 22 2012
STATUS
approved