A230152 Decimal expansion of the positive real solution of the equation x^(k+1)+x^k-1=0. Case k=4.

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

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Author

Paolo P. Lava, Oct 11 2013

Keywords

• nonn
• cons

Comments

Also decimal expansion of (1+(1+(1+ ... )^(1/k))^(1/k))^(1/k), with k integer and k<0. Case k=-4.

Examples

			0.8566748838545028748523248153124343698313999454937526255...
		

Links

• Paolo P. Lava, Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..1000 (corrected by _Sean A. Irvine_)
• Index entries for algebraic numbers, degree 5

Crossrefs

Cf. A075778, A230151, A230153-A230158, A377080.

Programs

Maple

with(numtheory); P:=proc(q,h) local a,n; a:=(q+1)^(1/h);
for n from q by -1 to 1 do a:=(1+a)^(1/h);od;
print(evalf(a,1000)); end: P(1000,-4);

Mathematica

Root[x^5 + x^4 - 1, 1] // RealDigits[#, 10, 100]& // First (* Jean-François Alcover, Feb 18 2014 *)