A237603 Decimal expansion of the inscribed sphere radius in a regular dodecahedron with unit edge.

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

Offset: 1

Author

Stanislav Sykora, Feb 25 2014

Keywords

• nonn
• cons
• easy

Comments

Equals phi^2/(2*xi), where phi is the golden ratio (A001622, 2*cos(Pi/5)) and xi is its associate (A182007, 2*sin(Pi/5)).

Examples

			1.1135163644116067351943750394869493758831503698864877726012080...
		

References

• Jan Gullberg, Mathematics from the Birth of Numbers, W. W. Norton & Co., NY & London, 1997, §12.4 Theorems and Formulas (Solid Geometry), p. 451.

Links

• Stanislav Sykora, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..2000
• Wikipedia, Platonic solid.
• Index entries for algebraic numbers, degree 4.

Crossrefs

Cf. A001622, A182007, A019863, A019863, A019952, A374771 (sphere volume).

Cf. Platonic solids inradii: A020781 (tetrahedron), A020763 (octahedron), A179294 (icosahedron).

Programs

Mathematica

RealDigits[ Cos[Pi/5]^2 / Sin[Pi/5], 10, 111][[1]] (* Or *)
RealDigits[ Sqrt[5/8 + 11/(8 Sqrt[5])], 10, 111][[1]] (* Robert G. Wilson v, Feb 28 2014 *)

PARI

sqrt(250+110*sqrt(5))/20

Formula

Equals A001622^2/A182007 = (cos(Pi/5))^2/sin(Pi/5) = A019863^2/A019845 = cos(Pi/5)*cotan(Pi/5) = A019863*A019952 = 1/sin(Pi/5) - sin(Pi/5) = A019845^(-1) - A019845 = sqrt(250+110*sqrt(5))/20.