login
This site is supported by donations to The OEIS Foundation.
Logo

Hints
(Greetings from The On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences!)
A091667 Decimal expansion of ((-1-Sqrt[5])/2+Sqrt[(5+Sqrt[5])/2])*E^((2*Pi)/5). 1
9, 9, 8, 1, 3, 6, 0, 4, 4, 5, 9, 8, 5, 0, 9, 3, 3, 2, 1, 5, 0, 0, 2, 4, 4, 5, 9, 0, 4, 7, 0, 7, 4, 7, 3, 5, 3, 1, 1, 3, 8, 2, 9, 9, 4, 7, 6, 3, 0, 4, 3, 9, 8, 2, 1, 8, 5, 5, 8, 3, 8, 7, 4, 0, 7, 0, 3, 5, 0, 3, 2, 4, 6, 8, 9, 4, 6, 4, 4, 1, 3, 3, 5, 7, 7, 1, 7, 7, 2, 7, 0, 8, 6, 7, 5, 0, 5, 8, 2, 6, 1, 7, 9, 4, 8 (list; constant; graph; refs; listen; history; internal format)
OFFSET

0,1

COMMENTS

Has a nice (non-simple) continued fraction due to Ramanujan.

Continued fraction is 1/(1+q/(1+q^2/(1+q^3/(1+...)))) where q=exp(-2pi). - Michael Somos Sep 12 2005

REFERENCES

K. S. Rao, Ramanujan, a Mathematical Genius, pp. 42 Eastwest Books, Chennai Madras 2000.

B. C. Berndt & R. A. Rankin, Ramanujan: Letters And Commentary, pp. 29 AMS Providence RI 1995.

B. C. Berndt & R. A. Rankin, Ramanujan: Essays And Surveys, pp. 243 AMS Providence RI 2001.

G. H. Hardy, Ramanujan: Twelve Lectures on subjects as suggested by his Life and Work, pp. 8 section (1.11), AMS Chelsea Providence RI 1999.

LINKS

Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Ramanujan Continued Fractions

H. Gierhardts, Three Famous Formulas Of Ramamanujan

S. Ramanujan, Journal of the Indian Mathematical Society, Question 352(iv, 40)

Wikipedia, Ramanujan's continued fractions

EXAMPLE

0.998136044...

PROG

(PARI) {a(n)=x=exp(2/5*Pi)*(sqrt((5+sqrt(5))/2)-(1+sqrt(5))/2); floor(x*10^(n+1))%10} /* Michael Somos Sep 12 2005 */

(PARI) {a(n)= x=exp(-2*Pi); x=contfracpnqn(matrix(2, oo, i, j, if(j==1, i==1, if(i==1, x, 1)^(j-2)))); x=t[1, 1]/t[2, 1]; floor(x*10^(n+1))%10} /* Michael Somos Sep 12 2005 */

CROSSREFS

Equals 1/A091899.

Sequence in context: A196399 A144669 A202692 * A051554 A146493 A019896

Adjacent sequences:  A091664 A091665 A091666 * A091668 A091669 A091670

KEYWORD

nonn,cons

AUTHOR

Eric Weisstein (eric(AT)weisstein.com), Jan 27, 2004

Lookup | Welcome | Wiki | Register | Music | Plot 2 | Demos | Index | Browse | More | WebCam
Contribute new seq. or comment | Format | Transforms | Puzzles | Hot | Classics
Recent Additions | More pages | Superseeker | Maintained by The OEIS Foundation Inc.

Content is available under The OEIS End-User License Agreement .

Last modified February 15 15:20 EST 2012. Contains 205823 sequences.