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A014967 Continued fraction for Conway's constant. 2
1, 3, 3, 2, 2, 54, 5, 2, 1, 16, 1, 30, 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 1, 14, 1, 6, 24, 107, 5, 1, 1, 26, 2, 41, 10, 1, 1, 5, 17, 5, 1, 8, 3, 94, 38, 1, 18, 1, 1, 2, 1, 64, 18, 1, 6, 1, 2, 2, 1, 23, 1, 4, 4, 1, 1, 3, 4, 1, 10, 1, 28, 4, 12, 1, 1238, 13, 1, 1, 58, 1, 2, 4, 1, 3, 7, 1, 3, 1, 4, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 100 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; internal format)
OFFSET

0,2

REFERENCES

J. H. Conway, The weird and wonderful chemistry of audioactive decay, in T. M. Cover and Gopinath, eds., Open Problems in Communication and Computation, Springer, NY 1987, pp. 173-188.

LINKS

Harry J. Smith, Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..20000

G. Xiao, Contfrac

Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Conways Constant

Index entries for continued fractions for constants

EXAMPLE

1.303577269034296391257099112... = 1 + 1/(3 + 1/(3 + 1/(2 + 1/(2 + ...)))) [From Harry J. Smith (hjsmithh(AT)sbcglobal.net), May 12 2009]

MATHEMATICA

terms = 201; ContinuedFraction[x /. FindRoot[x^71 - x^69 - 2*x^68 - x^67 + 2*x^66 + 2*x^65 + x^64 - x^63 - x^62 - x^61 - x^60 - x^59 + 2*x^58 + 5*x^57 + 3*x^56 - 2*x^55 - 10*x^54 - 3*x^53 - 2*x^52 + 6*x^51 + 6*x^50 + x^49 + 9*x^48 - 3*x^47 - 7*x^46 - 8*x^45 - 8*x^44 + 10*x^43 + 6*x^42 + 8*x^41 - 5*x^40 - 12*x^39 + 7*x^38 - 7*x^37 + 7*x^36 + x^35 - 3*x^34 + 10*x^33 + x^32 - 6*x^31 - 2*x^30 - 10*x^29 - 3*x^28 + 2*x^27 + 9*x^26 - 3*x^25 + 14*x^24 - 8*x^23 - 7*x^21 + 9*x^20 + 3*x^19 - 4*x^18 - 10*x^17 - 7*x^16 + 12*x^15 + 7*x^14 + 2*x^13 - 12*x^12 - 4* x^11 - 2*x^10 + 5*x^9 + x^7 - 7*x^6 + 7*x^5 - 4*x^4 + 12*x^3 - 6*x^2 + 3*x - 6, {x, 1.3}, WorkingPrecision -> 1.3*terms], terms]

PROG

Contribution from Harry J. Smith (hjsmithh(AT)sbcglobal.net), May 15 2009: (Start)

(PARI) { allocatemem(932245000); default(realprecision, 21000); x=NULL; r=solve(x=1, 2, \

x^71-x^69-2*x^68-x^67+2*x^66+2*x^65+x^64-x^63-x^62-x^61-x^60\

-x^59+2*x^58+5*x^57+3*x^56-2*x^55-10*x^54-3*x^53-2*x^52+6*x^51\

+6*x^50+x^49+9*x^48-3*x^47-7*x^46-8*x^45-8*x^44+10*x^43+6*x^42\

+8*x^41-5*x^40-12*x^39+7*x^38-7*x^37+7*x^36+x^35-3*x^34+10*x^33\

+x^32-6*x^31-2*x^30-10*x^29-3*x^28+2*x^27+9*x^26-3*x^25+14*x^24\

-8*x^23-7*x^21+9*x^20+3*x^19-4*x^18-10*x^17-7*x^16+12*x^15\

+7*x^14+2*x^13-12*x^12-4*x^11-2*x^10+5*x^9+x^7-7*x^6+7*x^5\

-4*x^4+12*x^3-6*x^2+3*x-6); c=contfrac(r); for (n=1, 20001, write("b014967.txt", n-1, " ", c[n])); } (End)

CROSSREFS

Cf. A005150, A014715, A014715 (decimal expansion).

Sequence in context: A162235 A113780 A007515 * A120992 A129979 A075017

Adjacent sequences:  A014964 A014965 A014966 * A014968 A014969 A014970

KEYWORD

cofr,nonn,changed

AUTHOR

Eric Weisstein (eric(AT)weisstein.com)

EXTENSIONS

More terms from Hans Havermann (gladhobo(AT)teksavvy.com), Feb 15 2001

Deleted old PARI program Harry J. Smith (hjsmithh(AT)sbcglobal.net), May 19 2009

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