A179294 Decimal expansion of radius of inscribed sphere about a regular icosahedron with edge = 1.
7, 5, 5, 7, 6, 1, 3, 1, 4, 0, 7, 6, 1, 7, 0, 7, 3, 0, 4, 8, 0, 1, 3, 3, 7, 0, 2, 0, 2, 5, 0, 0, 1, 3, 9, 2, 6, 3, 8, 4, 4, 4, 7, 8, 8, 8, 9, 3, 5, 6, 1, 0, 5, 9, 2, 2, 9, 5, 8, 2, 8, 9, 2, 0, 3, 9, 1, 0, 6, 8, 4, 5, 2, 2, 1, 9, 4, 8, 2, 6, 2, 0, 6, 3, 5, 6, 0, 4, 9, 4, 7, 6, 0, 8, 6, 8, 2, 7, 0, 4, 1, 1, 9, 3, 1
Offset: 0
Examples
0.75576131407617073048013370202500139263844478889356105922958289203910...
References
- Jan Gullberg, Mathematics from the Birth of Numbers, W. W. Norton & Co., NY & London, 1997, §12.4 Theorems and Formulas (Solid Geometry), p. 451.
Links
- Ivan Panchenko, Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..1000
- Dr. Math, Icosahedron.
- Wikipedia, Icosahedron.
- MathWorld, Icosahedron.
- Index entries for algebraic numbers, degree 4.
Crossrefs
Programs
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Mathematica
RealDigits[(Sqrt[42+18Sqrt[5]]/12), 10, 175][[1]]
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PARI
sqrt((7+3*sqrt(5))/6)/2 \\ Stefano Spezia, Jan 27 2025
Formula
Equals sqrt(42 + 18*sqrt(5))/12.
Extensions
Partially rewritten by Charles R Greathouse IV, Feb 03 2011
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