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A316137
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Decimal expansion of the least x such that 1/x + 1/(x+2) + 1/(x+4) = 1.
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4
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3, 4, 8, 9, 2, 8, 8, 5, 7, 1, 8, 1, 0, 0, 7, 8, 7, 6, 2, 7, 9, 2, 9, 3, 6, 5, 3, 0, 4, 5, 4, 8, 4, 9, 2, 4, 1, 1, 6, 8, 0, 6, 5, 8, 3, 9, 4, 8, 2, 9, 9, 3, 1, 1, 5, 5, 3, 6, 5, 6, 6, 4, 5, 5, 1, 7, 0, 6, 7, 4, 9, 3, 4, 1, 4, 2, 6, 1, 6, 4, 1, 9, 3, 4, 3, 4
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OFFSET
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1,1
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COMMENTS
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Equivalently, the least root of x^3 + 3*x^2 - 4*x - 8;
See A305328 for a guide to related sequences.
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LINKS
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FORMULA
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greatest root: -1 + 2 sqrt[7/3] cos[1/3 arctan[(2 sqrt[79/3])/3]]
middle: -1 - sqrt[7/3] cos[1/3 arctan[(2 sqrt[79/3])/3]] + sqrt[7] sin[1/3 arctan[(2 sqrt[79/3])/3]]
least: -1 - sqrt[7/3] cos[1/3 arctan[(2 sqrt[79/3])/3]] - sqrt[7] sin[1/3 arctan[(2 sqrt[79/3])/3]]
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EXAMPLE
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greatest root: 1.7784571182583887319...
middle root: -1.2891685464483099691...
least root: -3.4892885718100787628...
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MATHEMATICA
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a = 1; b = 1; c = 1; u = 0; v = 2; w = 4; d = 1;
r[x_] := a/(x + u) + b/(x + v) + c/(x + w);
t = x /. ComplexExpand[Solve[r[x] == d, x]]
N[t, 20]
u = N[t, 200];
RealDigits[u[[1]]] (* A316137, least *)
RealDigits[u[[2]]] (* A316138, middle *)
RealDigits[u[[3]]] (* A316139, greatest *)
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KEYWORD
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AUTHOR
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STATUS
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approved
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