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A393360
Decimal expansion of the weight factor for Hermite-Gauss quadrature of degree 5 corresponding to abscissa A393357.
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3, 9, 3, 6, 1, 9, 3, 2, 3, 1, 5, 2, 2, 4, 1, 1, 5, 9, 8, 2, 8, 4, 9, 5, 6, 2, 0, 8, 5, 2, 0, 9, 3, 6, 3, 4, 4, 5, 4, 8, 5, 8, 2, 2, 9, 0, 5, 4, 6, 3, 7, 9, 4, 0, 4, 5, 6, 8, 8, 9, 3, 5, 5, 2, 7, 1, 2, 4, 9, 0, 9, 5, 7, 9, 0, 6, 8, 3, 3, 5, 3, 6, 3, 8, 2, 9, 0, 3
OFFSET
0,1
COMMENTS
There are floor(k/2) positive zeros of the Hermite polynomial of degree k:
k | zeros | corresponding weights for Hermite-Gauss quadrature
---+---------------------------+----------------------------------------------------
3 | 0, A115754 | 10*A019717, A019708
5 | 0, A393357, A393358 | A245887, this sequence, A393361
LINKS
M. Abramowitz and I. A. Stegun, eds., Handbook of Mathematical Functions, National Bureau of Standards, Applied Math. Series 55, Tenth Printing, 1972 . Eq. 25.4.46 p. 890 and Table 25.10 p. 924.
Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Hermite-Gauss Quadrature.
FORMULA
This constant divided by sqrt(Pi) is a root of 1200*x^2 - 280*x + 3 = 0.
Equals sqrt(Pi)*(7+sqrt(40))/60.
EXAMPLE
0.3936193231522411598284956208520936344548582290546379...
MATHEMATICA
First[RealDigits[Sqrt[Pi]*(7 + Sqrt[40])/60, 10, 100]] (* Paolo Xausa, Feb 23 2026 *)
PROG
(PARI) sqrt(Pi)*(7+sqrt(40))/60
(PARI) sqrt(Pi)*polrootsreal(Pol([1200, -280, 3]))[2]
(PARI) n = 5; 2^(n-1)*n!*sqrt(Pi)/(n*polhermite(n-1, polrootsreal(polhermite(n))[(n+1)/2+1]))^2
CROSSREFS
Cf. A393357.
Sequence in context: A290506 A303111 A299633 * A074959 A010632 A340036
KEYWORD
nonn,cons
AUTHOR
A.H.M. Smeets, Feb 18 2026
STATUS
approved