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A296448 Decimal expansion of the second Ramanujan trigonometric constant r_2.

Original entry on oeis.org

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

Vladimir Shevelev, Dec 13 2017

Keywords

Comments

According to the famous Ramanujan identity, the constant r_2 has a representation: r_2 = Sum_{i = 1..3} (cos(2^i*Pi/9))^(1/3) (see formula). This identity was submitted in 1914 by Ramanujan as a problem (cf. [Berndt, Y. S. Choi, S. Y. Kang]). For proof, see first [V. Shevelev].

Examples

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References

  • B. Bajorska-Harapinska, M. Pleszczynski, D. Slota and R. Witula, A few properties of Ramanujan cubic polynomials and Ramanujan cubic polynomials of the second kind, in book: Selected Problems on Experimental Mathematics, Gliwice 2017, pp. 181-200.
  • S. Ramanujan, Notebooks (2 volumes), Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Bombay, 1957.

Crossrefs

Cf. A295872.

Programs

  • Maple
    use RealDomain in solve(8*x^9 + 72*x^6 + 216*x^3 - 27 = 0) end use:
    evalf(%, 85); # Peter Luschny, Dec 13 2017
  • Mathematica
    RealDigits[(3/2 (-2 + 3^(2/3)))^(1/3), 10, 111][[1]] (* Robert G. Wilson v, Dec 13 2017 *)
  • PARI
    ((3*9^(1/3) - 6)/2)^(1/3) \\ Michel Marcus, Dec 13 2017

Formula

r_2 = (3/2 (3^(2/3) -2))^(1/3)

Extensions

More terms from Michel Marcus, Dec 13 2017
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