A199173 Decimal expansion of x>0 satisfying x^2+x*cos(x)=2.

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

Offset: 1

Author

Clark Kimberling, Nov 04 2011

Keywords

• nonn
• cons

Comments

See A199170 for a guide to related sequences. The Mathematica program includes a graph.

Examples

			negative: -1.4669783053971235684198141847804443...
positive:  1.27667136794076055409150749044121027834...
		

Links

• Index entries for transcendental numbers.

Crossrefs

Cf. A199170.

Programs

Mathematica

a = 1; b = 1; c = 2;
f[x_] := a*x^2 + b*x*Cos[x]; g[x_] := c
Plot[{f[x], g[x]}, {x, -2 Pi, 2 Pi}, {AxesOrigin -> {0, 0}}]
r = x /. FindRoot[f[x] == g[x], {x, -1.5, -1.3}, WorkingPrecision -> 110]
RealDigits[r]  (* A199172 *)
r = x /. FindRoot[f[x] == g[x], {x, 1.27, .28}, WorkingPrecision -> 110]
RealDigits[r]  (* A199173 *)