A137615 Decimal expansion of volume of the Meissner Body.
4, 1, 9, 8, 6, 0, 0, 4, 5, 9, 6, 5, 0, 8, 0, 2, 2, 3, 3, 4, 2, 1, 3, 0, 0, 0, 0, 9, 6, 8, 3, 3, 8, 2, 7, 9, 1, 6, 5, 0, 7, 0, 3, 3, 5, 0, 8, 8, 6, 5, 1, 2, 1, 8, 5, 3, 1, 9, 4, 5, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 5, 9, 5, 0, 8, 3, 2, 4, 2, 3, 7, 9, 8, 3, 2, 2, 2, 4, 6, 5, 4, 2, 4, 9, 4, 4, 8, 4, 0, 2, 1, 2, 5, 2, 5, 2
Offset: 0
Examples
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References
- Johannes Boehm and E. Quaisser, Schoenheit und Harmonie geometrischer Formen - Sphaeroformen und symmetrische Koerper, Berlin: Akademie Verlag (1991), p. 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.
- Steven R. Finch, Mathematical Constants, Cambridge University Press, 2003, Section 8.10 Reuleaux Triangle Constants, p. 513.
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)
- Eric Weisstein's MathWorld, Reuleaux Triangle.
Programs
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Mathematica
RealDigits[(2/3 - Sqrt[3]/4 * ArcCos[1/3])* Pi, 10, 120][[1]] (* Amiram Eldar, May 27 2023 *)
Formula
Equals (2/3 - sqrt(3)/4 * arccos(1/3))* Pi.
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