arcsin1
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We are asked to compute -arcsin(-1) * 0.2
(in radians) and take the digits between positions 10000 and 10099 of the decimal part of the result.
First of all, let’s do the math:
$$ \sin{\left(\frac{-\pi}{2}\right)} = -1 \iff \arcsin{(-1)} = \frac{-\pi}{2} $$
Notice that the inverse sine function is bounded: $\frac{-\pi}{2} \leq \arcsin{x} \leq \frac{\pi}{2}$ for $x \in \mathbb{R}$. Therefore:
$$ -\arcsin{(-1)} \cdot 0.2 = - \left(\frac{-\pi}{2}\right) \cdot 0.2 = \frac{\pi}{10} $$
So we are asked for the 10000th-10099th digits of $\pi$. We are given a sanity check:
in case I messed up - first digit is 7, last digit is 2, 100 digits total
So the flag is:
ictf{7856672279661988578279484885583439751874454551296563443480396642055798293680435220277098429423253302}