Hello Colleagues!

I don't have a question, but I am going to answer a Question asked by one of my close friends and acquaintances.

The Question was: What is a

1. Plastic Number?

2. How do we compute that?

Answer: A plastic number is the real root of the cubic equation:

x3 = x + 1

I have found a new method of solving the above equation and obtaining the "plastic number"!

See the PDF file attachment.

Prof. Reza Zomorrodian

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