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A230161
Decimal expansion of the positive real solution of the equation x^k-x-1=0. Case k=8.
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1, 0, 9, 6, 9, 8, 1, 5, 5, 7, 7, 9, 8, 5, 5, 9, 8, 1, 7, 9, 0, 8, 2, 7, 8, 9, 6, 7, 1, 6, 7, 5, 3, 7, 0, 8, 9, 5, 9, 2, 5, 3, 0, 1, 0, 8, 2, 1, 2, 7, 8, 6, 7, 1, 3, 8, 1, 2, 3, 2, 8, 8, 5, 1, 2, 4, 8, 5, 5, 8, 9, 8, 0, 5, 9, 9, 0, 1, 8, 4, 9, 3, 4, 7, 2, 2, 0
OFFSET
1,3
COMMENTS
Also decimal expansion of (1+(1+(1+ ... )^(1/k))^(1/k))^(1/k), with k integer and k<0. Case k=8.
LINKS
EXAMPLE
1.0969815577985598179082789671675370895925301082127867138...
MAPLE
with(numtheory); P:=proc(q, h) local a, n; a:=(q+1)^(1/h);
for n from q by -1 to 1 do a:=(1+a)^(1/h); od;
print(evalf(a, 1000)); end: P(1000, 8);
MATHEMATICA
Root[x^8 - x - 1, 2] // RealDigits[#, 10, 100]& // First (* Jean-François Alcover, Feb 18 2014 *)
KEYWORD
nonn,cons
AUTHOR
Paolo P. Lava, Oct 11 2013
STATUS
approved