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A102471
Numbers n such that the denominator of Sum_{k=0 to 2n} 1/k! is (2n)!.
1
0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 13, 14, 20, 23, 24, 29, 33, 34, 35, 40, 43, 48, 49, 59, 63, 65, 68, 73, 75, 85, 88, 89, 90, 94, 95, 103, 104, 105, 108, 115, 130, 133, 134, 139, 143, 144, 150, 153, 154, 163, 164, 169, 173, 179, 183, 185, 189, 190, 194, 195, 198, 199, 204
OFFSET
1,3
COMMENTS
n is a member <=> A093101(2n) = 1 <=> A061355(2n) = (2n)! <=> A061355(2n) = A002034(A061355(2n))!.
LINKS
J. Sondow, A geometric proof that e is irrational and a new measure of its irrationality, Amer. Math. Monthly 113 (2006) 637-641.
J. Sondow and K. Schalm, Which partial sums of the Taylor series for e are convergents to e? (and a link to the primes 2, 5, 13, 37, 463), II, Gems in Experimental Mathematics (T. Amdeberhan, L. A. Medina, and V. H. Moll, eds.), Contemporary Mathematics, vol. 517, Amer. Math. Soc., Providence, RI, 2010.
FORMULA
a(n) = A102470(n+1)/2 for n > 0.
EXAMPLE
Sum_{k=0 to 6} 1/k! = 1957/720 and 720 = 6! = (2*3)!, so 3 is a member. But Sum_{k=0 to 12} 1/k! = 260412269/95800320 and 95800320 < 12! = (2*6)!, so 6 is not a member.
MATHEMATICA
fQ[n_] := (Denominator[Sum[1/k!, {k, 0, 2n}]] == (2n)!); Select[ Range[0, 204], fQ[ # ] &] (* Robert G. Wilson v, Jan 15 2005 *)
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
Jonathan Sondow, Jan 14 2005
EXTENSIONS
More terms from Robert G. Wilson v, Jan 15 2005
STATUS
approved