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A005663
Numerators of convergents to log_2(3) = log(3)/log(2).
(Formerly M0883)
7
1, 2, 3, 8, 19, 65, 84, 485, 1054, 24727, 50508, 125743, 176251, 301994, 16785921, 17087915, 85137581, 272500658, 357638239, 630138897, 9809721694, 10439860591, 103768467013, 217976794617, 1193652440098, 8573543875303
OFFSET
0,2
REFERENCES
R. K. Guy, personal communication.
N. J. A. Sloane and Simon Plouffe, The Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences, Academic Press, 1995 (includes this sequence).
LINKS
R. E. Crandall, On the 3x+1 problem, Math. Comp., 32 (1978) 1281-1292.
Eric Weisstein's World of Music, Comma of Pythagoras
EXAMPLE
log_2(3) = 1.5849625007211561814537389439...
MATHEMATICA
Numerator[Convergents[Log[2, 3], 30]] (* Harvey P. Dale, Sep 10 2015 *)
PROG
(PARI) a(n) = component(component(contfracpnqn(contfrac(log(3)/log(2), n)), 1), 1) \\ Michel Marcus, May 20 2013
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
frac,easy,nonn
EXTENSIONS
More terms from James A. Sellers, Sep 16 2000
STATUS
approved