A133868 Decimal expansion of the smallest positive fixed point of sec(x).

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

Offset: 1

Author

Eric W. Weisstein, Sep 27 2007

Keywords

• nonn
• cons

Examples

			4.9171859252871323839...
		

References

• Mohammad K. Azarian, On the Fixed Points of a Function and the Fixed Points of its Composite Functions, International Journal of Pure and Applied Mathematics, Vol. 46, No. 1, 2008, pp. 37-44. Mathematical Reviews, MR2433713 (2009c:65129), March 2009. Zentralblatt MATH, Zbl 1160.65015.
• Mohammad K. Azarian, Fixed Points of a Quadratic Polynomial, Problem 841, College Mathematics Journal, Vol. 38, No. 1, January 2007, p. 60. Solution published in Vol. 39, No. 1, January 2008, pp. 66-67.

Links

• Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Secant
• Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Fixed Point
• Index entries for transcendental numbers.

Programs

Mathematica

RealDigits[ x /. FindRoot[ Sec[x] == x, {x, 5}, WorkingPrecision -> 105]][[1]] (* Jean-François Alcover, Oct 22 2012 *)