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A329932
Decimal expansion of least positive number x such that csc x + sec x = 1.
1
2, 6, 5, 3, 4, 4, 5, 8, 5, 1, 5, 1, 3, 5, 5, 1, 7, 3, 4, 7, 9, 9, 8, 0, 5, 5, 8, 0, 5, 8, 7, 9, 6, 9, 7, 3, 8, 4, 9, 0, 3, 3, 5, 5, 5, 7, 0, 5, 2, 8, 2, 6, 3, 6, 2, 6, 4, 2, 1, 9, 3, 5, 3, 6, 6, 6, 3, 1, 1, 7, 4, 6, 5, 4, 9, 8, 4, 4, 5, 5, 2, 7, 3, 3, 2, 2
OFFSET
1,1
FORMULA
Equals arcsec((1/2)*(1 - sqrt(5 + 4*sqrt(2)))). [corrected by Jason Yuen, Dec 18 2024]
EXAMPLE
least positive x: 2.6534458515135517347998055805879...
greatest negative x: -1.0826495247186551155684838889...
2.65344... + (-1.08264...) = Pi/2.
MATHEMATICA
Solve[1/Sin[x] + 1/Cos[x] == 1, x]
Plot[1/Sin[x] + 1/Cos[x] - 1, {x, -Pi, Pi}]
CROSSREFS
Cf. A329933.
Sequence in context: A021381 A323501 A157890 * A359858 A372060 A198821
KEYWORD
nonn,cons,easy
AUTHOR
Clark Kimberling, Jan 02 2020
STATUS
approved