OFFSET
0,1
COMMENTS
This constant and its reciprocal are the real solutions of x^4 - 2*x^3 - 2*x + 1 = (x^2 - (sqrt(3)+1)*x + 1)*(x^2 + (sqrt(3)-1)*x + 1) = 0.
Decimal expansion of the largest x satisfying x^2 - (1 + sqrt(3))*x + 1 = 0.
LINKS
A.H.M. Smeets, Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..20000
EXAMPLE
2.29663026288653824570494191773617027122260685258284268912188000080492992...
MAPLE
Digits:=100: evalf((1+sqrt(3)+sqrt(2*sqrt(3)))/2); # Muniru A Asiru, Sep 12 2018
MATHEMATICA
RealDigits[(1 + Sqrt[3] + Sqrt[2 Sqrt[3]])/2, 10, 100][[1]] (* Bruno Berselli, Sep 13 2018 *)
PROG
(PARI) (1+sqrt(3)+sqrt(2*sqrt(3)))/2 \\ Altug Alkan, Sep 11 2018
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn,cons
AUTHOR
A.H.M. Smeets, Sep 11 2018
STATUS
approved