25 Aug
2014
25 Aug
'14
4:41 a.m.
On 25/08/2014 05:56, Leo Broukhis wrote:
Is there a mathematical reason why the root of cos(x)=x is very close to r=exp(ln(pi/160)/13); (r and cos(r) differ by ~4x10^-7), or is it just a coincidence?
<handwave>It doesn't seem like the number of bits of agreement is any bigger than the number of bits you needed to specify the number, so I expect it's just coincidence.</handwave> -- g