A020760 Decimal expansion of 1/sqrt(3).

5, 7, 7, 3, 5, 0, 2, 6, 9, 1, 8, 9, 6, 2, 5, 7, 6, 4, 5, 0, 9, 1, 4, 8, 7, 8, 0, 5, 0, 1, 9, 5, 7, 4, 5, 5, 6, 4, 7, 6, 0, 1, 7, 5, 1, 2, 7, 0, 1, 2, 6, 8, 7, 6, 0, 1, 8, 6, 0, 2, 3, 2, 6, 4, 8, 3, 9, 7, 7, 6, 7, 2, 3, 0, 2, 9, 3, 3, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 3, 7, 1, 5, 3, 9, 5, 5, 8, 5, 7, 4, 9, 5, 2, 5

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Author

N. J. A. Sloane

Keywords

• nonn
• cons
• changed

Comments

If the sides of a triangle form an arithmetic progression in the ratio 1:1+d:1+2d then when d=1/sqrt(3) it uniquely maximizes the area of the triangle. This triangle has approximate internal angles 25.588 degs, 42.941 degs, 111.471 degs. - Frank M Jackson, Jun 15 2011

When a cylinder is completely enclosed by a sphere, it occupies a fraction f of the sphere volume. The value of f has a trivial lower bound of 0, and an upper bound which is this constant. It is achieved iff the cylinder diameter is sqrt(2) times its height, and the sphere is circumscribed to it. A similar constant can be associated with any n-dimensional geometric shape. For 3D cuboids it is A165952. - Stanislav Sykora, Mar 07 2016

The ratio between the thickness and diameter of a dynamically fair coin having an equal probability, 1/3, of landing on each of its two faces and on its side after being tossed in the air. The calculation is based on the dynamic of rigid body (Yong and Mahadevan, 2011). See A020765 for a simplified geometrical solution. - Amiram Eldar, Sep 01 2020

The coefficient of variation (relative standard deviation) of natural numbers: Limit_{n->oo} sqrt((n-1)/(3*n+3)) = 1/sqrt(3). - Michal Paulovic, Mar 21 2023

Examples

			0.577350269189625764509148780501957455647601751270126876018602326....
		

References

• Steven R. Finch, Mathematical Constants, Encyclopedia of Mathematics and its Applications, vol. 94, Cambridge University Press, 2003, Sections 8.4.3 and 8.17, pp. 495, 531.

Links

• Ivan Panchenko, Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..1000
• Ee Hou Yong and L. Mahadevan, Probability, geometry, and dynamics in the toss of a thick coin, American Journal of Physics, Vol. 79, No. 12 (2011), pp. 1195-1201, preprint, arXiv:1008.4559 [physics.class-ph], 2010-2011.
• Index entries for algebraic numbers, degree 2.

Crossrefs

Cf. A002194 (sqrt(3)), A010701 (1/3).

Cf. A002193, A047235, A165952, A195696, A040001.

Programs

Maple

evalf(1/sqrt(3)); # Michal Paulovic, Mar 21 2023

Mathematica

RealDigits[N[1/Sqrt[3],200]] (* Vladimir Joseph Stephan Orlovsky, May 27 2010 *)

PARI

\\ Works in v2.15.0; n = 100 decimal places
my(n=100); digits(floor(10^n/quadgen(12))) \\ Michal Paulovic, Mar 21 2023

Formula

Equals 1/A002194. - Michel Marcus, Oct 12 2014

Equals cosine of the magic angle: cos(A195696). - Stanislav Sykora, Mar 07 2016

Equals square root of A010701. - Michel Marcus, Mar 07 2016

Equals 1 + Sum_{k>=0} -(4*k+1)^(-1/2) + (4*k+3)^(-1/2) + (4*k+5)^(-1/2) - (4*k+7)^(-1/2). - Gerry Martens, Nov 22 2022

Equals (1/2)*(2 - zeta(1/2,1/4) + zeta(1/2,3/4) + zeta(1/2,5/4) - zeta(1/2,7/4)). - Gerry Martens, Nov 22 2022

Has periodic continued fraction expansion [0, 1; 1, 2] (A040001). - Michal Paulovic, Mar 21 2023

Equals Product_{k>=1} (1 + (-1)^k/A047235(k)). - Amiram Eldar, Nov 22 2024

Equals tan(Pi/6) = (1/2)/A010527. - R. J. Mathar, Aug 31 2025