A197573 Decimal expansion of least x > 0 having sin(x) = sin(3*Pi*x/2)^2.

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Author

Clark Kimberling, Oct 16 2011

Keywords

• nonn
• cons

Comments

The Mathematica program includes a graph. See A197476 for a guide for the least x > 0 satisfying cos(b*x) = cos(c*x)^2 for selected b and c.

Examples

			x=0.5036818076256583111503248157104914556657070609...
		

Crossrefs

Cf. A197133.

Programs

Mathematica

b = 1; c = 3*Pi/2; f[x_] := Sin[x]
t = x /. FindRoot[f[b*x] == f[c*x]^2, {x, .5, .51}, WorkingPrecision -> 200]
RealDigits[t] (* A197573 *)
Plot[{f[b*x], f[c*x]^2}, {x, 0, Pi/4}]

Extensions

Name corrected by Sean A. Irvine, Jan 12 2025