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

Hints
(Greetings from The On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences!)
A096491 a(n) = sqrt(n) of n if n is a perfect square, otherwise a(n) = largest term in period of continued fraction expansion of square root of n. 6
1, 2, 2, 2, 4, 4, 4, 4, 3, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 4, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 5, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 6, 12, 12, 12, 12, 12, 12, 12, 12, 12, 12, 12, 12, 7, 14, 14, 14, 14, 14, 14, 14, 14, 14, 14, 14, 14, 14, 14, 8, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; internal format)
OFFSET

1,2

EXAMPLE

n=127: the period={3,1,2,2,7,11,7,2,2,1,3,22}, max=a[127]=22;

MAPLE

(Maple code from R. J. Mathar, Mar 18 2010)

A096491 := proc(n)

if issqr(n) then

sqrt(n) ;

else

numtheory[cfrac](sqrt(n), 'periodic', 'quotients') ;

%[2] ;

max(op(%)) ;

end if;

end proc:

MATHEMATICA

u=1; Do[s=Max[Last[ContinuedFraction[n^(1/2)]]]; tc[[u]]=s; u=u+1, {n, 1, m}]

CROSSREFS

Cf. A003285, A013646.

Sequence in context: A130872 A087627 A195051 * A106160 A007614 A113402

Adjacent sequences:  A096488 A096489 A096490 * A096492 A096493 A096494

KEYWORD

cofr,nonn

AUTHOR

Labos E. (labos(AT)ana.sote.hu), Jun 29 2004

EXTENSIONS

Definition revised by N. J. A. Sloane, Mar 18 2010

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 17 09:41 EST 2012. Contains 206009 sequences.