OFFSET
1,1
COMMENTS
"This [constant] is associated with the study of a vibrating, homogeneous plate clamped at the boundary [of the unit disk]." - Quoted from Steven R. Finch.
REFERENCES
Steven R. Finch, Mathematical Constants, Cambridge University Press, 2003, p. 222.
EXAMPLE
3.196220616582541093980527403403720341599...
MATHEMATICA
FindRoot[BesselJ[0, t]*BesselI[1, t] + BesselI[0, t]*BesselJ[1, t] == 0, {t, 3}, WorkingPrecision -> 100][[1, 2]] // RealDigits[#, 10, 100]& // First
PROG
(PARI) solve(t=3, 4, besselj(0, t)*besseli(1, t)+besseli(0, t)*besselj(1, t)) \\ Charles R Greathouse IV, Oct 23 2023
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn,cons
AUTHOR
Jean-François Alcover, May 13 2014
STATUS
approved