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A079490 Exp(n) is closer to an integer than any previous exp(k) for 1 <= k < n. 11
1, 3, 8, 19, 45, 75, 135, 178, 209, 732, 1351, 1907, 5469, 28414, 37373 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; internal format)
OFFSET

1,2

REFERENCES

J.-M. De Koninck, Ces nombres qui nous fascinent, Entry 178, p. 56, Ellipses, Paris 2008.

EXAMPLE

a(2) = 3: exp(3) = 20.08... is closer to an integer than exp(1) = 2.718...

At 37373 the difference from an integer is 0.0000010493779591646530966...

MATHEMATICA

a = 1; Do[ d = Abs[ Round[E^n] - N[E^n, Ceiling[ Log[10, E^n] + 10]]]; If[d < a, Print[n]; a = d], {n, 1, 50000}]

PROG

(PARI) {default(realprecision, 1000); d(x)=abs(x-round(x))}; a(n)=local(m); if(n<2, n>0, n=a(n-1); m=d(exp(n)); until(d(exp(n))<m, n++); n)

CROSSREFS

Cf. A000149, A001671, A004790, A080053.

Sequence in context: A189391 A077850 A097550 * A026789 A096576 A126874

Adjacent sequences:  A079487 A079488 A079489 * A079491 A079492 A079493

KEYWORD

nonn

AUTHOR

Donald S. McDonald (don.mcdonald(AT)paradise.net.nz), Jan 20 2003

EXTENSIONS

Corrected and extended to 1351 by several correspondents, Jan 20 2003

Four further terms from Robert G. Wilson v (rgwv(AT)rgwv.com), Jan 20 2003

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