Reciprocal of 83
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Theorem
The decimal expansion of the reciprocal of $83$ is as follows:
- $\dfrac 1 {83} = 0 \cdotp \dot 01204 \, 81927 \, 71084 \, 33734 \, 93975 \, 90361 \, 44578 \, 31325 \, \dot 3$
This sequence is A021087 in the On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences (N. J. A. Sloane (Ed.), 2008).
Proof
Performing the calculation using long division:
0.0120481927710843373493975903614457831325301... ------------------------------------------------- 83)1.0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000... 83 ---- 170 640 310 810 120 260 100 166 581 249 747 83 249 83 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- 400 590 610 630 370 110 332 581 581 581 332 83 --- --- --- --- --- --- 680 90 290 490 380 270 664 83 249 415 332 249 --- -- --- --- --- --- 160 700 410 750 480 210 83 664 332 747 415 166 --- --- --- --- --- --- 770 360 780 300 650 440 747 332 747 249 581 415 --- --- --- --- --- --- 230 280 330 510 690 250 166 249 249 498 664 249 --- --- --- --- --- --- 640 310 810 120 260 100
$\blacksquare$