OFFSET
1,2
COMMENTS
By the Lindemann-Weierstrass theorem, this constant is transcendental. - Charles R Greathouse IV, May 13 2019
LINKS
Harry J. Smith, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..20000
Mohammad K. Azarian, Forty-Five Nested Equilateral Triangles and cosecant of 1 degree, Problem 813, College Mathematics Journal, Vol. 36, No. 5, November 2005, pp. 413-414.
Mohammad K. Azarian, Solution of Forty-Five Nested Equilateral Triangles and cosecant of 1 degree, Problem 813, College Mathematics Journal, Vol. 37, No. 5, November 2006, pp. 394-395.
FORMULA
Equals Sum_{k>=1} (-1)^(k+1) * B(2*k) * 2^(2*k) * (2^(2*k) - 1) / (2*k)!, where B(k) is the k-th Bernoulli number. - Amiram Eldar, May 15 2021
EXAMPLE
1.5574077246549022305...
MATHEMATICA
RealDigits[Tan[1], 10, 100][[1]] (* Amiram Eldar, May 15 2021 *)
PROG
(PARI) default(realprecision, 20080); x=tan(1); for (n=1, 20000, d=floor(x); x=(x-d)*10; write("b049471.txt", n, " ", d)); \\
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
AUTHOR
Albert du Toit (dutwa(AT)intekom.co.za), N. J. A. Sloane
STATUS
approved