OFFSET
0,2
LINKS
Paolo Xausa, Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..10000
M. Abramowitz and I. A. Stegun, eds., Handbook of Mathematical Functions, National Bureau of Standards, Applied Math. Series 55, Tenth Printing, 1972 [alternative scanned copy]. Table 25.9, n = 4.
Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Laguerre-Gauss Quadrature.
FORMULA
Second smallest root of 1990656*x^4 - 1990656*x^3 + 504576*x^2 - 16960*x + 9 = 0.
EXAMPLE
0.038887908515005384272438168156209913722307191348276...
MATHEMATICA
First[RealDigits[Root[1990656*#^4 - 1990656*#^3 + 504576*#^2 - 16960*# + 9 &, 2], 10, 100, -1]] (* Paolo Xausa, Jun 26 2025 *)
PROG
(PARI) solve(x = 0.1, 0.04, 1990656*x^4 - 1990656*x^3 + 504576*x^2 - 16960*x + 9)
CROSSREFS
There are k positive real zeros of the Laguerre polynomial of degree k:
k | zeros | corresponding weights for Laguerre-Gauss quadrature
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KEYWORD
nonn,cons
AUTHOR
A.H.M. Smeets, Jun 07 2025
STATUS
approved
