OFFSET
0,1
COMMENTS
By the Lindemann-Weierstrass theorem, this constant is transcendental. - Charles R Greathouse IV, May 13 2019
LINKS
Mohammad K. Azarian, Forty-Five Nested Equilateral Triangles and cosecant of 1 degree, Problem 813, College Mathematics Journal, Vol. 36, No. 5, November 2005, pp. 413-414.
Mohammad K. Azarian, Solution of Forty-Five Nested Equilateral Triangles and cosecant of 1 degree, Problem 813, College Mathematics Journal, Vol. 37, No. 5, November 2006, pp. 394-395.
FORMULA
Equals Sum_{k>=0} (-1)^k * B(2*k) * 2^(2*k) / (2*k)!, where B(k) is the k-th Bernoulli number. - Amiram Eldar, May 15 2021
EXAMPLE
0.64209261593433070300641998659...
MATHEMATICA
RealDigits[Cot[1], 10, 100][[1]] (* Amiram Eldar, May 15 2021 *)
PROG
(PARI) cotan(1)
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
cons,nonn
AUTHOR
Rick L. Shepherd, Aug 01 2002
STATUS
approved