OFFSET
0,2
EXAMPLE
sqrt(2)=1.4142135623730950488...
So for example a(2)=13 because 13th decimal place of sqrt(2) is 0; then a(3)=5 because 13 is found starting at the 5th decimal place; a(4)=7 because 5 is at the 7th decimal place and so on.
MAPLE
with(StringTools): Digits:=10000: G:=convert(evalf(sqrt(2)), string): a[0]:=0: for n from 1 to 10 do a[n]:=Search(convert(a[n-1], string), G)-2:printf("%d, ", a[n-1]):od: # Nathaniel Johnston, Apr 30 2011
CROSSREFS
Other recurrence sequences: A097614 for Pi, A098266 for e, A098289 for log(2), A098290 for Zeta(3), A098319 for 1/Pi, A098320 for 1/e, A098321 for gamma, A098322 for G, A098323 for 1/G, A098324 for Golden Ratio (phi), A098325 for sqrt(Pi), A120482 for sqrt(3), A189893 for sqrt(5). A002193 for digits of sqrt(2).
KEYWORD
more,nonn,base
AUTHOR
Mark Hudson (mrmarkhudson(AT)hotmail.com), Sep 13 2004
EXTENSIONS
a(18)-a(19) from Nathaniel Johnston, Apr 30 2011
STATUS
approved