OFFSET
1,3
COMMENTS
This constant is the edge length of the largest 3-dimensional cube that can be inscribed within a unit 5-dimensional cube.
Also, the smallest positive root in x^4 - 22*x^2 + 25 = 0.
REFERENCES
Steven R. Finch, Mathematical Constants, Cambridge University Press, 2003, Section 8.14 DeVicci's tesseract constant, p. 525.
LINKS
Chai Wah Wu, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..10001
Eric Weisstein's MathWorld, Prince Rupert's Cube.
FORMULA
Equals sqrt(11-4*sqrt(6)) = 2*sqrt(2)-sqrt(3).
EXAMPLE
1.0963763171773128040759311069135237901965384969435155182975524965...
MATHEMATICA
RealDigits[Sqrt[11-4*Sqrt[6]], 10, 104] // First
PROG
(PARI) 2*sqrt(2)-sqrt(3) \\ Stefano Spezia, Dec 24 2024
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
AUTHOR
Jean-François Alcover, Jun 03 2014
STATUS
approved