OFFSET
0,1
COMMENTS
Abscissa of the minimum of 1+x+x^2+x^3+x^4.
LINKS
Paolo Xausa, Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..10000
Aaron Hendrickson and Claude Leibovici, On the minimum of 1+x+..+x^(2n), arXiv:2105.00135 [math.HO], 2021.
FORMULA
Minimal polynomial: 4*x^3 - 3*x^2 + 2*x - 1. - Amiram Eldar, Jun 08 2026
Equals 1/4 + sqrt(5/3) * sinh(arcsinh(3*sqrt(3/5))/3)/2. - Vaclav Kotesovec, Jun 08 2026
EXAMPLE
-0.605829586188268020990938731157
MATHEMATICA
First[RealDigits[(1 + (5/9)^(1/3)*((#+9)^(1/3) - (#-9)^(1/3)))/4 & [4*Sqrt[6]], 10, 100]] (* Paolo Xausa, Feb 27 2025 *)
PROG
(PARI) -(1 + sqrtn(5/9, 3)*(sqrtn(9+4*sqrt(6), 3) - sqrtn(4*sqrt(6)-9, 3)))/4
(PARI) polrootsreal(4*x^3 - 3*x^2 + 2*x - 1)[1] \\ Charles R Greathouse IV, May 19 2026
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
cons,nonn
AUTHOR
Michel Marcus, May 05 2021
STATUS
approved
