A137616 Decimal expansion of surface area of the Meissner Body.
2, 9, 3, 4, 1, 1, 5, 1, 9, 4, 3, 2, 3, 3, 5, 5, 9, 3, 8, 9, 9, 2, 6, 8, 8, 9, 2, 4, 1, 2, 3, 0, 1, 1, 8, 1, 4, 4, 6, 1, 5, 8, 6, 9, 3, 6, 4, 2, 7, 3, 7, 2, 9, 8, 4, 3, 8, 0, 5, 1, 9, 9, 7, 5, 3, 7, 7, 1, 1, 2, 6, 0, 2, 3, 7, 1, 7, 3, 5, 9, 7, 6, 9, 1, 1, 7, 7, 4, 8, 7, 2, 5, 2, 9, 4, 5, 3, 8, 8, 3, 7
Offset: 1
Examples
2.93411519432335593899268892412301181446158693642737...
References
- Johannes Boehm and E. Quaisser, Schoenheit und Harmonie geometrischer Formen - Sphaeroformen und symmetrische Koerper, Berlin: Akademie Verlag (1991), S. 71.
- G. D. Chakerian and H. Groemer, Convex Bodies of Constant Width, in: P. Gruber and J. Wills (Editors), Convexity and its Applications, Basel / Boston / Stuttgart: Birkhäuser (1983), p. 68.
Links
- Bernd Kawohl and Christof Weber, Meissner's Mysterious Bodies, Mathematical Intelligencer, Volume 33, Number 3, 2011, pp. 94-101.
- SwissEduc: Teaching and Learning Mathematics, Bodies of Constant Width (with information, animations and interactive pictures of both Meissner bodies).
Programs
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Mathematica
RealDigits[(2 - Sqrt[3]/2 * ArcCos[1/3])* Pi, 10, 120][[1]] (* Amiram Eldar, May 27 2023 *)
Formula
Equals (2 - sqrt(3)/2 * arccos(1/3)) * Pi.
Extensions
Link corrected by Christof Weber, Jan 06 2013
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