A196617 - OEIS

A196617

Decimal expansion of the least x>0 satisfying 1 = (x^2)*sin(x).

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

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OFFSET

1,3

COMMENTS

This number is the least x>0 for which there exists a constant c such that the graph of y=cos(x) is tangent to the graph of the hyperbola y=(1/x)-c, as indicated by the graph in the Mathematica program.

LINKS

G. C. Greubel, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..10000

EXAMPLE

x = 1.0682235441972490182834711142630928984689...

MATHEMATICA

Plot[{1/x - .4544, Cos[x]}, {x, 0, 2 Pi}]

xt = x /. FindRoot[x^(-2) == Sin[x], {x, .5, .8}, WorkingPrecision -> 100]

RealDigits[xt] (* A196617 *)

Cos[xt]

RealDigits[Cos[xt]] (* A196618 *)

c = N[1/xt - Cos[xt], 100]

RealDigits[c] (* A196619 *)