A019970 Decimal expansion of tangent of 72 degrees.
3, 0, 7, 7, 6, 8, 3, 5, 3, 7, 1, 7, 5, 2, 5, 3, 4, 0, 2, 5, 7, 0, 2, 9, 0, 5, 7, 6, 0, 3, 6, 9, 0, 9, 8, 2, 4, 0, 0, 6, 7, 0, 2, 1, 4, 3, 5, 3, 7, 7, 9, 2, 4, 2, 7, 0, 3, 9, 1, 5, 6, 2, 5, 0, 3, 7, 4, 8, 6, 3, 2, 8, 8, 4, 9, 5, 0, 9, 0, 9, 1, 8, 4, 5, 4, 5, 9, 3, 7, 2, 1, 6, 6, 7, 1, 0, 5, 4, 3
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Examples
tan(2*Pi/5) = 3.077683537175253402570290576036909824006702143537792427...
Links
- Ivan Panchenko, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..1000
- Wikipedia, Exact trigonometric constants.
- Index entries for algebraic numbers, degree 4
Programs
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Magma
SetDefaultRealField(RealField(100)); Sqrt(5+2*Sqrt(5)); // G. C. Greubel, Nov 21 2018
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Mathematica
RealDigits[Tan[72 Degree],10,120][[1]] (* Harvey P. Dale, Apr 30 2012 *) RealDigits[Sqrt[5 + 2*Sqrt[5]], 10, 100][[1]] (* G. C. Greubel, Nov 21 2018 *)
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PARI
tan(2*Pi/5) \\ Charles R Greathouse IV, Aug 27 2017
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Sage
numerical_approx(tan(2*pi/5), digits=100) # G. C. Greubel, Nov 21 2018
Formula
Equals sqrt(5 + 2*sqrt(5)). - R. J. Mathar, Jun 18 2006
Equals tan(66 degrees) + tan(36 degrees) + tan(6 degrees). - Amiram Eldar, Apr 07 2022
Largest positive of the 4 real-valued roots of x^4-10*x^2+5=0. - R. J. Mathar, Aug 31 2025
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