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From: cochon@sun.UUCP (Philippe Lacroute)
Newsgroups: net.math
Subject: Interesting trig problem
Message-ID: <365@sun.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 30-Nov-83 18:49:16 EST
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Posted: Wed Nov 30 18:49:16 1983
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Solve for x:

	x = sin(cos(sin(cos(sin(cos(...(k)))))))

	where k = any number (the k value is irrelevant)
	x always comes out to a constant, seemingly irrational
	number when any k value is tested.  The problem is to
	solve it for an exact value.  The farthest I have gotten
	is this:
		x = sin(cos[sin(cos(...))])

		so x = sin(cos(x))

	I don't know if this is helpful.

				-Philippe Lacroute
				...decvax!sun!cochon