Nested Radical

In algebra, a nested radical is a radical expression that contains another radical expression. Examples include:

which arises in discussing the regular pentagon;

or more complicated ones such as:

Read more about Nested Radical:  Denesting Nested Radicals, Landau's Algorithm

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