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A105816
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Continued fraction expansion of the semiprime nested radical (A105815).
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4
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2, 1, 1, 1, 34, 1, 2, 2, 2, 1, 1, 5, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 9, 7, 1, 9, 1, 5, 1, 5, 1, 2, 7, 2, 2, 3, 5, 2, 1, 10, 8, 2, 3, 1, 1, 1, 12, 1, 1, 5, 4, 4, 2, 1, 1, 2, 2, 4, 13, 2, 2, 12, 3, 11, 15, 2, 2, 2, 23, 8, 1, 1, 3, 1, 2, 8, 19, 1, 5, 2, 7, 4, 1, 82, 22, 1, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 9, 1, 1, 1, 15, 8, 12, 2, 11, 1, 15
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1,1
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COMMENTS
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The semiprime nested radical is defined by the infinite recursion: sqrt(4 + sqrt(6 + sqrt(9 + sqrt(10 + sqrt(14 + ... + sqrt(semiprime(n))))). This converges by the criterion of T. Vijayaraghavan that "the infinite radical, sqrt( a_1 + sqrt( a_2 + sqrt ( a_3 + sqrt( a_4 + ... where a_n => 0, will converge to a limit if and only if the limit of (ln a_n)/2^n exists." [Clawson, 229; Sloane A072449].
Clawson misstates Vijayaraghavan's theorem. Vijayaraghavan proved that for a_n > 0, the infinite radical sqrt(a_1 + sqrt(a_2 + sqrt(a_3 + ...))) converges if and only if limsup (log a_n)/2^n < infinity. (For example, suppose a_n = 1 if n is odd, and a_n = e^2^n if n is even. Then (log a_n)/2^n = 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 1, ... for n >= 1, so the limit does not exist. However, limsup (log a_n)/2^n = 1 and the infinite radical converges.) - Jonathan Sondow, Mar 25 2014
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REFERENCES
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Calvin C. Clawson, "Mathematical Mysteries, the beauty and magic of numbers," Perseus Books, Cambridge, Mass., 1996, pages 142 and 229.
S. R. Finch, Analysis of a Radical Expansion, Section 1.2.1 in Mathematical Constants. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, p. 8, 2003.
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LINKS
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Jonathan M. Borwein and G. de Barra, Nested Radicals, Amer. Math. Monthly 98, 735-739, 1991.
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FORMULA
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continued fraction representation of: sqrt(4 + sqrt(6 + sqrt(9 + sqrt(10 + sqrt(14 + ... + sqrt(semiprime(n)=A001358(n))))).
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EXAMPLE
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2.66352563480685654498944673272195514599922982689272932914833705868...
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MATHEMATICA
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fQ[n_] := Plus @@ Flatten[ Table[ #[[2]], {1}] & /@ FactorInteger[n]] == 2; t = Select[ Range[ 300], fQ[ # ] &]; f[n_] := Block[{k = n, s = 0}, While[k > 0, s = Sqrt[s + t[[k]]]; k-- ]; s]; ContinuedFraction[ f[90], 99] (* Robert G. Wilson v, Apr 21 2005 *)
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CROSSREFS
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Cf. A001358; A072449, A083869, A099874, A099876, A099877, A099878, A099879, A105546, A105548, A105816, A239349 for other nested radicals.
Cf. A072449, Decimal expansion of limit of a nested radical, sqrt(1 + sqrt(2 + sqrt(3 + sqrt(4 + ...
Cf. A083869, a(1)=1 then a(n) is the least k>=1 such that the nested radical sqrt(a(1)^2+sqrt(a(2)^2+sqrt(a(3)^2+(....+sqrt(a(n)^2)))...) is an integer.
Cf. A099874, Decimal expansion of a nested radical: cubeRoot(1 + cubeRoot(2 + cubeRoot(3 + cubeRoot(4 + ...
Cf. A099876, Decimal expansion of a nested radical: sqrt(1! + sqrt(2! + sqrt(3! + ...
Cf. A099877, Decimal expansion of a nested radical: sqrt(1^2 + cubeRoot(2^3 + 4thRoot(3^4 + 5thRoot(4^5 + ...
Cf. A099878, Decimal expansion of a nested radical: sqrt(1 + cubeRoot(2 + 4thRoot(3 + 5thRoot(4 + ...
Cf. A099879, Decimal expansion of a nested radical: sqrt(1^2 + sqrt(2^2 + sqrt(3^2 + ...
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