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A183919
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Characteristic sequence for sin(2Pi/n) being rational.
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3
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1, 1, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0
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OFFSET
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1
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COMMENTS
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The sequence is 1, 1, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, followed by zeros.
In the I. Niven reference a formula for the algebraic degree of 2*sin(2*Pi/n) is found in theorem 3.9. This theorem is attributed to D. H. Lehmer, but the sine part in the Lehmer reference is wrong (to wit: n=12 has rational value 2*sin(2*Pi/12)=2*sin(Pi/6)= 1. Hence the degree is 1 = phi(12)/4, as in Niven's book, but not phi(12)/2 = 2 as in Lehmer's paper (the Sines-table there is wrong).
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REFERENCES
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I. Niven, Irrational Numbers, The Math. Assoc. of America, second printing, 1963, distributed by John Wiley and Sons.
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FORMULA
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a(n) = 1 if sin(2*Pi/n) is rational, and a(n) = 0 if it is irrational.
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EXAMPLE
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The rational values of 2*sin(2*Pi/n) are 0, 0, 2 and 1 for n=1, 2, 4 and 12, respectively. Otherwise irrational values appear.
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PROG
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CROSSREFS
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Cf. sequence for cos(2Pi/n) is A183918.
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KEYWORD
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nonn,easy
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AUTHOR
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STATUS
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approved
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