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A002193
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Decimal expansion of square root of 2.
(Formerly M3195 N1291)
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1, 4, 1, 4, 2, 1, 3, 5, 6, 2, 3, 7, 3, 0, 9, 5, 0, 4, 8, 8, 0, 1, 6, 8, 8, 7, 2, 4, 2, 0, 9, 6, 9, 8, 0, 7, 8, 5, 6, 9, 6, 7, 1, 8, 7, 5, 3, 7, 6, 9, 4, 8, 0, 7, 3, 1, 7, 6, 6, 7, 9, 7, 3, 7, 9, 9, 0, 7, 3, 2, 4, 7, 8, 4, 6, 2, 1, 0, 7, 0, 3, 8, 8, 5, 0, 3, 8, 7, 5, 3, 4, 3, 2, 7, 6, 4, 1, 5, 7
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OFFSET
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1,2
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COMMENTS
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Sometimes called Pythagoras's constant.
The discovery of irrational numbers is attributed to Hippasus of Metapontum, who may have proved that sqrt(2) is not a rational number; thus sqrt(2) is often regarded as the earliest known irrational number. - Clark Kimberling, Oct 12 2017
In the first million digits,
0 occurs 99814 times;
1 occurs 99925 times;
2 occurs 100436 times;
3 occurs 100190 times;
4 occurs 100024 times;
5 occurs 100155 times;
6 occurs 99886 times;
7 occurs 100008 times;
8 occurs 100441 times;
9 occurs 100121 times. (End)
Diameter of a sphere whose surface area equals 2*Pi. More generally, the square root of x is also the diameter of a sphere whose surface area equals x*Pi. - Omar E. Pol, Nov 10 2018
Sqrt(2) = 1 + area of region bounded by y = sin x, y = cos x, and x = 0. - Clark Kimberling, Jul 03 2020
Also aspect ratio of the ISO 216 standard for paper sizes. - Stefano Spezia, Feb 24 2021
The standard deviation of a roll of a 5-sided die. - Mohammed Yaseen, Feb 23 2023
The length of a unit square diagonal.
The infinite tetration (power tower) sqrt(2)^(sqrt(2)^(sqrt(2)^(...))) equals 2 from the identity (x^(1/x))^((x^(1/x))^((x^(1/x))^(...))) = x where 1/e <= x <= e. (End)
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REFERENCES
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Steven R. Finch, Mathematical Constants, Encyclopedia of Mathematics and its Applications, vol. 94, Cambridge University Press, Section 1.1.
David Flannery, The Square Root of 2, Copernicus Books Springer-Praxis Pub. 2006.
Martin Gardner, Gardner's Workout, Chapter 2 "The Square Root of 2=1.414213562373095..." pp. 9-19 A. K. Peters MA 2002.
B. Rittaud, Le fabuleux destin de sqrt(2), Le Pommier, Paris 2006.
N. J. A. Sloane, A Handbook of Integer Sequences, Academic Press, 1973 (includes this sequence).
N. J. A. Sloane and Simon Plouffe, The Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences, Academic Press, 1995 (includes this sequence).
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LINKS
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FORMULA
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Sqrt(2) = 14 * Sum_{n >= 0} (A001790(n)/2^A005187(floor(n/2)) * 10^(-2n-1)) where A001790(n) are numerators in expansion of 1/sqrt(1-x) and the denominators in expansion of 1/sqrt(1-x) are 2^A005187(n). 14 = 2*7, see A010503 (expansion of 1/sqrt(2)). - Gerald McGarvey, Jan 01 2005
Limit_{n -> +oo) (1/n)*(Sum_{k = 1..n} frac(sqrt(1+zeta(k+1)))) = 1/(1+sqrt(2)). - Yalcin Aktar, Jul 14 2005
sqrt(2) = Product_{l=0..k-1} 2*cos((2*l+1)*Pi/(4*k)) = (Product_{l=0..k-1} R(2*l+1,rho(4*k)) - 1), identical for k >= 1, with the row polynomials R(n, x) from A127672 and rho(4*k) := 2*cos(Pi/(4*k)) is the length ratio (smallest diagonal)/side in a regular (4*k)-gon. From the product formula given in a Oct 21 2013 formula contribution to A056594, with n -> 2*k, using cos(Pi-alpha) = - cos(alpha) to obtain 2 for the square of the present product. - Wolfdieter Lang, Oct 22 2013
Equals Product_{k>=0} (1 + (-1)^k/(2*k + 1)).
Equals Sum_{k>=0} binomial(2*k,k)/8^k. (End)
Equals (sqrt(2) + (sqrt(2) + (sqrt(2) + ...)^(1/3))^(1/3))^(1/3). - Michal Paulovic, Mar 22 2023
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EXAMPLE
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1.41421356237309504880168872420969807856967187537694807317667...
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MAPLE
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MATHEMATICA
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PROG
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(PARI) default(realprecision, 20080); x=sqrt(2); for (n=1, 20000, d=floor(x); x=(x-d)*10; write("b002193.txt", n, " ", d)); \\ Harry J. Smith, Apr 21 2009
(PARI) r=0; x=2; /* Digit-by-digit method */
for(digits=1, 100, {d=0; while((20*r+d)*d <= x, d++);
d--; /* while loop overshoots correct digit */
(PARI) \\ Works in v2.15.0; n = 100 decimal places
(Maxima) fpprec: 100$ ev(bfloat(sqrt(2))); /* Martin Ettl, Oct 17 2012 */
a002193 n = a002193_list !! (n-1)
a002193_list = w 2 0 where
w x r = dig : w (100 * (x - (20 * r + dig) * dig)) (10 * r + dig)
where dig = head (dropWhile (\d -> (20 * r + d) * d < x) [0..]) - 1
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STATUS
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