A206291 Decimal expansion of the middle zero x(2) of the function F(x) = f(f(x)) - x, where f(x) = cos(x) - sin(x).
4, 5, 6, 6, 2, 4, 7, 0, 4, 5, 6, 7, 6, 3, 0, 8, 2, 4, 4, 3, 7, 6, 9, 7, 4, 5, 7, 1, 2, 8, 4, 5, 7, 3, 7, 5, 8, 9, 8, 2, 3, 1, 6, 1, 3, 8, 9, 2, 2, 5, 6, 3, 2, 5, 2, 4, 2, 2, 7, 8, 2, 3, 0, 7, 7, 3, 4, 5, 3, 8, 6, 2, 9, 0, 0, 6, 4, 2, 2, 9, 7, 0, 2, 9, 1, 4, 3, 1, 8, 9, 9, 3, 0, 1, 7, 7, 1, 5, 8, 8, 6, 8, 4, 6, 1
Offset: 0
Examples
We have f(x(2)) = x(2) = 0.45662470456763..., sin(x(2)) = 0.4409211... and x(2) - sin(x(2)) > 0.015703...
Links
- R. Witula, D. Slota and Szeged Problem Group "Fejentalaltuka", An Iteration Convergence: 11318[2007,745], Amer. Math. Monthly, 116, No. 7 (2009), 648-649.
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