Definition:Plastic Constant

Definition
The plastic constant is the root of the cubic:
 * $x^3 - x - 1 = 0$

Its value is approximately:


 * $P = 1 \cdotp 32471 \, 795 \ldots$

Also known as
The plastic constant is sometimes also called the silver number or plastic number.

Also see

 * Plastic Constant is Smallest Pisot-Vijayaraghavan Number


 * Value of Plastic Constant