A165954 Decimal expansion of sqrt(10 + 2*sqrt(5))/(2*Pi).

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Offset: 0

Author

Rick L. Shepherd, Oct 04 2009

Keywords

• cons
• nonn

Comments

The ratio of the volume of a regular icosahedron to the volume of the circumscribed sphere (with circumradius a*sqrt(10 + 2*sqrt(5))/4 = a*A019881, where a is the icosahedron's edge length; see MathWorld link). For similar ratios for other Platonic solids, see A165922, A049541, A165952, and A165953. A063723 shows the order of these by size.

Examples

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Links

• Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Icosahedron.
• Index entries for transcendental numbers.

Crossrefs

Cf. A000796, A002163, A165922, A049541, A165952, A165953, A063723, A019881, A019694, A060294.

Programs

Mathematica

RealDigits[Sqrt[10+2Sqrt[5]]/(2Pi),10,120][[1]] (* Harvey P. Dale, Aug 27 2013 *)

PARI

sqrt(10+2*sqrt(5))/(2*Pi)

Formula

sqrt(10 + 2*sqrt(5))/(2*Pi) = sqrt(10 + 2*A002163)/(2*A000796) = 2*sin(2*Pi/5)/Pi = 2*sin(A019694)/A000796 = 2*sin(72 deg)/Pi = 2*A019881/A000796 = 2*A019881*A049541 = (2/Pi)*sin(72 deg) = A060294*A019881.