- Source: Dottie number
In mathematics, the Dottie number is a constant that is the unique real root of the equation
cos
x
=
x
{\displaystyle \cos x=x}
,
where the argument of
cos
{\displaystyle \cos }
is in radians.
The decimal expansion of the Dottie number is given by:
D = 0.739085133215160641655312087673... (sequence A003957 in the OEIS).
Since
cos
(
x
)
−
x
{\displaystyle \cos(x)-x}
is decreasing and its derivative is non-zero at
cos
(
x
)
−
x
=
0
{\displaystyle \cos(x)-x=0}
, it only crosses zero at one point. This implies that the equation
cos
(
x
)
=
x
{\displaystyle \cos(x)=x}
has only one real solution. It is the single real-valued fixed point of the cosine function and is a nontrivial example of a universal attracting fixed point. It is also a transcendental number because of the Lindemann–Weierstrass theorem. The generalised case
cos
z
=
z
{\displaystyle \cos z=z}
for a complex variable
z
{\displaystyle z}
has infinitely many roots, but unlike the Dottie number, they are not attracting fixed points.
The name of the constant originates from a professor of French named Dottie who observed the number by repeatedly pressing the cosine button on her calculator.
The Dottie number, for which an exact series expansion can be obtained using the Faà di Bruno formula, has interesting connections with the Kepler and Bertrand's circle problems.
Identities
The Dottie number appears in the closed form expression of some integrals:
∫
0
∞
ln
(
4
(
x
+
sinh
x
)
2
+
π
2
4
(
x
−
sinh
x
)
2
+
π
2
)
d
x
=
π
2
−
2
π
D
{\displaystyle \int _{0}^{\infty }\ln \left({\frac {4\left(x+\sinh x\right)^{2}+\pi ^{2}}{4(x-\sinh x)^{2}+\pi ^{2}}}\right)\mathrm {d} x=\pi ^{2}-2\pi D}
∫
0
∞
3
π
2
+
4
(
x
−
sinh
x
)
2
(
3
π
2
+
4
(
x
−
sinh
x
)
2
)
2
+
16
π
2
(
x
−
sinh
x
)
2
d
x
=
1
8
+
8
1
−
D
2
{\displaystyle \int _{0}^{\infty }{\frac {3\pi ^{2}+4(x-\sinh x)^{2}}{(3\pi ^{2}+4(x-\sinh x)^{2})^{2}+16\pi ^{2}(x-\sinh x)^{2}}}\,\mathrm {d} x={\frac {1}{8+8{\sqrt {1-D^{2}}}}}}
Using the Taylor series of the inverse of
f
(
x
)
=
cos
(
x
)
−
x
{\displaystyle f(x)=\cos(x)-x}
at
π
2
{\textstyle {\frac {\pi }{2}}}
(or equivalently, the Lagrange inversion theorem), the Dottie number can be expressed as the infinite series:
D
=
π
2
+
∑
n
o
d
d
a
n
π
n
{\displaystyle D={\frac {\pi }{2}}+\sum _{n\,\mathrm {odd} }a_{n}\pi ^{n}}
where each
a
n
{\displaystyle a_{n}}
is a rational number defined for odd n as
a
n
=
1
n
!
2
n
lim
m
→
π
2
∂
n
−
1
∂
m
n
−
1
(
cos
m
m
−
π
/
2
−
1
)
−
n
=
−
1
4
,
−
1
768
,
−
1
61440
,
−
43
165150720
,
…
{\displaystyle {\begin{aligned}a_{n}&={\frac {1}{n!2^{n}}}\lim _{m\to {\frac {\pi }{2}}}{\frac {\partial ^{n-1}}{\partial m^{n-1}}}{\left({\frac {\cos m}{m-\pi /2}}-1\right)^{-n}}\\&=-{\frac {1}{4}},-{\frac {1}{768}},-{\frac {1}{61440}},-{\frac {43}{165150720}},\ldots \end{aligned}}}
The Dottie number can also be expressed as:
D
=
1
−
(
2
I
1
2
−
1
(
1
2
,
3
2
)
−
1
)
2
,
{\displaystyle D={\sqrt {1-\left(2I_{\frac {1}{2}}^{-1}\left({\frac {1}{2}},{\frac {3}{2}}\right)-1\right)^{2}}},}
where
I
−
1
{\displaystyle I^{-1}}
is the inverse of the regularized beta function. This value can be obtained using Kepler's equation, along with other equivalent closed forms.
In Microsoft Excel and LibreOffice Calc spreadsheets, the Dottie number can be expressed in closed form as SQRT(1-(2*BETA.INV(1/2,1/2,3/2)-1)^2). In the Mathematica computer algebra system, the Dottie number is Sqrt[1 - (2 InverseBetaRegularized[1/2, 1/2, 3/2] - 1)^2].
Another closed form representation:
D
=
−
tanh
(
2
arctanh
(
1
3
InvT
(
1
4
,
3
)
)
)
=
−
2
3
InvT
(
1
4
,
3
)
InvT
2
(
1
4
,
3
)
+
3
,
{\displaystyle D=-\tanh \left(2{\text{ arctanh}}\left({\frac {1}{\sqrt {3}}}\operatorname {InvT} \left({\frac {1}{4}},3\right)\right)\right)=-{\frac {2{\sqrt {3}}{\operatorname {InvT} \left({\frac {1}{4}},3\right)}}{\operatorname {InvT} ^{2}\left({\frac {1}{4}},3\right)+3}},}
where
InvT
{\displaystyle \operatorname {InvT} }
is the inverse survival function of Student's t-distribution. In Microsoft Excel and LibreOffice Calc, due to the specifics of the realization of `TINV` function, this can be expressed as formulas 2 *SQRT(3)* TINV(1/2, 3)/(TINV(1/2, 3)^2+3) and TANH(2*ATANH(1/SQRT(3) * TINV(1/2,3))).
Notes
References
External links
Miller, T. H. (Feb 1890). "On the numerical values of the roots of the equation cosx = x". Proceedings of the Edinburgh Mathematical Society. 9: 80–83. doi:10.1017/S0013091500030868.
Salov, Valerii (2012). "Inevitable Dottie Number. Iterals of cosine and sine". arXiv:1212.1027.
Azarian, Mohammad K. (2008). "ON THE FIXED POINTS OF A FUNCTION AND THE FIXED POINTS OF ITS COMPOSITE FUNCTIONS" (PDF). International Journal of Pure and Applied Mathematics.
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