A073448 Decimal expansion of sec(1).

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

Offset: 1

Author

Rick L. Shepherd, Aug 01 2002

Keywords

• cons
• nonn

Comments

By the Lindemann-Weierstrass theorem, this constant is transcendental. - Charles R Greathouse IV, May 13 2019

Examples

			1.85081571768092561791175324139...
		

Links

• Mohammad K. Azarian, Forty-Five Nested Equilateral Triangles and cosecant of 1 degree, Problem 813, College Mathematics Journal, Vol. 36, No. 5, November 2005, pp. 413-414.
• Mohammad K. Azarian, Solution of Forty-Five Nested Equilateral Triangles and cosecant of 1 degree, Problem 813, College Mathematics Journal, Vol. 37, No. 5, November 2006, pp. 394-395.
• Index entries for transcendental numbers

Crossrefs

Cf. A049470 (cos(1)=1/A073448), A049469 (sin(1)), A049471 (tan(1)), A073447 (csc(1)), A073449 (cot(1)), A122045.

Programs

Mathematica

RealDigits[Sec[1],10,120][[1]] (* Harvey P. Dale, Mar 13 2013 *)

PARI

1/cos(1)

Formula

Equals Sum_{k>=0} (-1)^k * E(2*k) / (2*k)!, where E(k) is the k-th Euler number (A122045). - Amiram Eldar, May 15 2021