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A256500
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Decimal expansion of the positive solution to x = 2*(1-exp(-x)).
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7
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1, 5, 9, 3, 6, 2, 4, 2, 6, 0, 0, 4, 0, 0, 4, 0, 0, 9, 2, 3, 2, 3, 0, 4, 1, 8, 7, 5, 8, 7, 5, 1, 6, 0, 2, 4, 1, 7, 8, 9, 0, 0, 2, 4, 2, 4, 8, 1, 8, 8, 5, 9, 3, 6, 4, 9, 9, 9, 5, 0, 4, 5, 1, 1, 6, 9, 6, 0, 8, 4, 9, 8, 4, 8, 1, 6, 1, 8, 7, 9, 5, 0, 2, 3, 2, 7, 4, 9, 9, 2, 7, 6, 6, 1, 8, 4, 4, 0, 7, 1, 4, 1, 7, 0, 6
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OFFSET
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1,2
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Each of the positive solutions to x = q*(1-exp(-x)) obtained for q = 2, 3, 4, and 5, appears in several formulas pertinent to Planck's black-body radiation law. For a given q, the solution can be also written as q+W(-q/exp(q)), where W is the Lambert function. Here q = 2.
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EXAMPLE
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1.5936242600400400923230418758751602417890024248188593649995...
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MATHEMATICA
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PROG
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(PARI) a2=solve(x=0.1, 10, x-2*(1-exp(-x))) \\ Use real precision in excess
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approved
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