OFFSET
1,2
FORMULA
arclength = 2F1(-1/2;1/4;5/4;-9), where 2F1 is the hypergeometric function.
EXAMPLE
arclength = 1.54786565468361014477533164606426061800663...
MATHEMATICA
s = Integrate[Sqrt[1 + 9 x^4], {x, 0, 1}]
r = N[s, 200]
RealDigits[r][[1]]
PROG
(PARI) intnum(x=0, 1, sqrt(1+9*x^4)) \\ Michel Marcus, Jun 12 2020
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
AUTHOR
Clark Kimberling, Jun 12 2020
STATUS
approved