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A345736
Decimal expansion of the surface area of the catenoid-shaped soap film between two parallel coaxial unit-radius circular rings whose distance between their centers is maximal (2*A033259).
1
7, 5, 3, 7, 8, 0, 3, 2, 0, 5, 8, 0, 4, 5, 7, 7, 9, 7, 8, 8, 2, 6, 5, 1, 8, 2, 2, 0, 6, 9, 2, 8, 3, 0, 3, 4, 5, 5, 1, 1, 9, 3, 5, 9, 2, 1, 5, 2, 6, 1, 1, 6, 9, 3, 8, 8, 4, 8, 1, 3, 7, 3, 1, 4, 5, 1, 9, 0, 5, 0, 8, 8, 8, 2, 0, 4, 3, 9, 2, 2, 8, 2, 3, 7, 3, 7, 2
OFFSET
1,1
LINKS
Lev A. Slobozhanin, J. Iwan, D. Alexander and Viral D. Patel, The stability margin for stable weightless liquid bridges, Physics of Fluids, Vol. 14, No. 1 (2002), pp. 209-224. See p. 222.
Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Minimal Surface of Revolution.
FORMULA
Equals 2*Pi*A085984.
EXAMPLE
7.53780320580457797882651822069283034551193592152611...
MATHEMATICA
RealDigits[2 * Pi * x /. FindRoot[x == Coth[x], {x, 1}, WorkingPrecision -> 120], 10, 100][[1]]
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn,cons
AUTHOR
Amiram Eldar, Jun 25 2021
STATUS
approved