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A118325 (Greedy) Egyptian fraction expansion of frac(sqrt(3)) = sqrt(3)-1. 24
2, 5, 32, 1249, 5986000, 438522193400489, 3126430743599145840898147625516, 10008815260914521335142941393259537613217919681721512170785592 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; internal format)
OFFSET

1,1

LINKS

Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Egyptian Fraction

EXAMPLE

sqrt(3)-1 = 1/2 + 1/5 + 1/32 + 1/1249 + 1/5986000 + ...

MATHEMATICA

lst={}; k=N[(Sqrt[3]-1), 1000]; Do[s=Ceiling[1/k]; AppendTo[lst, s]; k=k-1/s, {n, 12}]; lst [From Vladimir Orlovsky (4vladimir(AT)gmail.com), Nov 02 2009]

CROSSREFS

Cf. A002194.

Sequence in context: A067299 A203227 A207135 * A019037 A019038 A198089

Adjacent sequences:  A118322 A118323 A118324 * A118326 A118327 A118328

KEYWORD

nonn

AUTHOR

Eric Weisstein (eric(AT)weisstein.com), Apr 23, 2006

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