OFFSET
0,2
COMMENTS
An algebraic number of degree 16 and denominator 2. - Charles R Greathouse IV, Nov 02 2012
The minimal polynomial is p(x) = 65536*x^16 - 262144*x^14 + 430080*x^12 - 372736*x^10 + 182784*x^8 - 50176*x^6 + 7040*x^4 - 384*x^2 + 1 and p(x/2) = x^16 - 16*x^14 + 105*x^12 - 364*x^10 + 714*x^8 - 784*x^6 + 440*x^4 - 96*x^2 + 1. - Joerg Arndt, Apr 23 2024
The Fifteenth Century Persian mathematician Jamshid Al-Kashi was the first to calculate the value of sine of one degree correct to ten sexagesimal places (17 decimal digits) from sine of 3 degrees in his Risala al-Watar wa'l Jaib. - Mohammad K. Azarian,Jan 14 2017
LINKS
Ivan Panchenko, Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..1000
Mohammad K. Azarian, A Study of Risa-la al-Watar wa'l Jaib ("The Treatise on the Chord and Sine"), Forum Geometricorum, Volume 15 (2015) 229-242. Mathematical Reviews, MR 3418854 (Reviewed), Zentralblatt MATH, Zbl 1328.01015.
Dr. Rob, The Math Forum at Drexel, The Exact Value of the Sine of 1 Degree
Scott Surgent, Exact values of the sine and cosine functions in increments of 3 degrees, 2012
Wikipedia, Exact trigonometric values
FORMULA
Equals cos(87 degrees) = cos(29*Pi/60) = sin(Pi/60) = sqrt(8-sqrt(3)-sqrt(15)-sqrt(10-2*sqrt(5)))/4 (an intermediate calculation by Dr. Rob - see Math Forum link). - Rick L. Shepherd, Jul 03 2006
EXAMPLE
0.052335956242943832722118629609...
MATHEMATICA
First[RealDigits[Sin[Pi/60], 10, 100, -1]] (* Paolo Xausa, Jun 19 2024 *)
PROG
(PARI) sin(Pi/60) \\ Charles R Greathouse IV, Aug 27 2017
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn,cons
AUTHOR
STATUS
approved