A257777 Decimal expansion of arctan(e).

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

Offset: 1

Author

Stanislav Sykora, May 12 2015

Keywords

• nonn
• cons
• easy

Comments

The slope of the unique straight line passing through the origin which kisses the exponential function y=exp(x), i.e., the angle (in radians) the tangent line subtends with the X axis. The kissing point coordinates are (1,e).

Examples

			1.21828290501727762176046176891579794173913194946815650504966...
In degrees:
69.8024687104273501888256538674056059123933374409546355361989953970...
		

Links

• Stanislav Sykora, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..2000
• Robert Frontczak, Further results on arctangent sums with applications to generalized Fibonacci numbers, Notes on Number Theory and Discrete Mathematics, Vol. 23, No. 1 (2017), pp. 39-53.

Crossrefs

Cf. A001113, A248618, A257775, A257776, A257896, A258428.

Programs

Mathematica

RealDigits[ArcTan[E],10,105][[1]] (* Vaclav Kotesovec, Jun 02 2015 *)

PARI

atan(exp(1))

Formula

Equals (Sum_{k>=0} arctan(sinh(1)/cosh(k))) - Pi/4 (Frontczak, 2017, eq. (3.22)). - Amiram Eldar, Jul 09 2023