Plastic number

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The plastic number (also known as the plastic constant or silver number) is the unique real solution of the equation

x^3=x+1,\;

and has the value

\rho \approx \sqrt[3]{\frac{1}{2}+\frac{1}{6}\sqrt{\frac{23}{3}}}+\sqrt[3]{\frac{1}{2}-\frac{1}{6}\sqrt{\frac{23}{3}}}

which is approximately 1.324718. It is the limiting ratio of successive terms of the Padovan sequence and the Perrin sequence, and bears the same relationship to these sequences as the golden ratio does to the Fibonacci sequence.

The plastic number is also a solution of the following equations:

x^5 = x^4 + 1\;
x^5 = x^2 + x + 1\;
x^6 = x^2 + 2x + 1\;
x^7 = 2x^5 - 1\;
x^8 = x^4 + x^3 + x^2 + x + 1\;
x^9 = x^6 + x^4 + x^2 + x + 1\;
x^{14} = 4x^9 + 1\;


The plastic number is the lowest Pisot-Vijayaraghavan number.

[edit] References

  • Midhat J. Gazalé, Gnomon, 1999 Princeton University Press.

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