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A197506
Decimal expansion of least x > 0 having cos(x) = cos(2*Pi*x/3)^2.
2
1, 1, 0, 1, 9, 6, 9, 5, 6, 5, 5, 4, 4, 0, 6, 8, 6, 6, 9, 4, 9, 6, 9, 1, 2, 8, 3, 5, 8, 8, 6, 2, 6, 7, 2, 2, 1, 9, 9, 8, 4, 4, 3, 3, 3, 3, 6, 0, 6, 2, 2, 9, 1, 2, 0, 7, 6, 6, 2, 5, 7, 2, 2, 0, 0, 8, 3, 9, 8, 9, 8, 7, 2, 1, 8, 9, 7, 9, 5, 0, 2, 9, 0, 3, 6, 9, 0, 5, 9, 2, 5, 5, 5, 0, 2, 6, 5, 2, 0
OFFSET
1,5
COMMENTS
The Mathematica program includes a graph. See A197476 for a guide for the least x > 0 satisfying cos(b*x) = cos(c*x)^2 for selected b and c.
EXAMPLE
x=1.101969565544068669496912835886267221998...
MATHEMATICA
b = 1; c = 2 Pi/3; f[x_] := Cos[x]
t = x /. FindRoot[f[b*x] == f[c*x]^2, {x, 1.1, 1.2}, WorkingPrecision -> 110]
RealDigits[t] (* A197506 *)
Plot[{f[b*x], f[c*x]^2}, {x, 0, Pi/2}]
CROSSREFS
Cf. A197476.
Sequence in context: A019711 A344778 A010545 * A225452 A230161 A345288
KEYWORD
nonn,cons
AUTHOR
Clark Kimberling, Oct 15 2011
EXTENSIONS
Offset corrected by Georg Fischer, Jul 28 2021
STATUS
approved