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A074457 Consider surface area of unit sphere as a function of the dimension d; maximize this as a function of d (considered as a continuous variable); sequence gives decimal expansion of the best d. +0
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OFFSET

1,1

COMMENT

Equals 2 + A074455.

LINKS

Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Hypersphere

EXAMPLE

7.2569464048605767801328383886907692366190172371832148575098796787771093\

4673682027281772023848979246926957...

MATHEMATICA

RealDigits[ FindMinimum[ -n*Pi^(n/2)/(n/2)!, {n, 7}, WorkingPrecision -> 125] [[2, 1, 2]]] [[1]]

CROSSREFS

Surface area is A074456. Cf. A072478 & A072479.

Sequence in context: A011477 A093072 A066903 this_sequence A072761 A127885 A006577

Adjacent sequences: A074454 A074455 A074456 this_sequence A074458 A074459 A074460

KEYWORD

cons,nonn

AUTHOR

Robert G. Wilson v (rgwv(AT)rgwv.com), Aug 22 2002

EXTENSIONS

Corrected by Eric Weisstein (eric(AT)weisstein.com), Aug 31, 2003 and by Martin Fuller (martin_n_fuller(AT)btinternet.com), Jul 12 2007

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