A065370 The next smallest pair of numbers is taken so that a(2n-1)/a(2n) converges to e = exp(1).

1, 1, 2, 1, 3, 1, 5, 2, 8, 3, 11, 4, 19, 7, 49, 18, 68, 25, 87, 32, 106, 39, 193, 71, 685, 252, 878, 323, 1071, 394, 1264, 465, 1457, 536, 2721, 1001, 12341, 4540, 15062, 5541, 17783, 6542, 20504, 7543, 23225, 8544, 25946, 9545, 49171, 18089, 271801, 99990

Offset

1,3

Comments

"Next smallest" means that a(2n-1)+a(2n) is the smallest value that is greater than the previous pair.

Links

Table of n, a(n) for n=1..52.

Example

abs(1/1-e) > abs(2/1-e) > abs(3/1-e) > abs(5/2-e) > abs(8/3-e) > abs(11/4-e) ... 0

Crossrefs

Sequence in context: A262364 A266768 A154279 * A147783 A371783 A214340

Adjacent sequences: A065367 A065368 A065369 * A065371 A065372 A065373

Keyword

nonn

Author

Bodo Zinser, Nov 22 2001

Extensions

More terms from Sean A. Irvine, Aug 30 2023

Status

approved