Feigenbaum's period-doubling constant
Find a closed form for Feigenbaum's period-doubling constant δ ≈ 4.6692016091, known to 10,000 digits but not proven irrational.
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| 13 | + "curator": "Erik Y. Wang, Sumeet R. Motwani et al.", | |
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