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A138703 a(n) = sum of the terms in the continued fraction of the absolute value of B_n, the n-th Bernoulli number. 4
1, 2, 6, 0, 30, 0, 42, 0, 30, 0, 18, 0, 37, 0, 7, 0, 28, 0, 96, 0, 559, 0, 6210, 0, 86617, 0, 1425523, 0, 27298263, 0, 601580913, 0, 15116315788, 0, 429614643067, 0, 13711655205344, 0, 488332318973599, 0, 19296579341940107, 0 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; internal format)
OFFSET

0,2

COMMENTS

For all odd n >=3, a(n) = 0.

EXAMPLE

The 12th Bernoulli number is -691/2730. Now 691/2730 = the continued fraction 0 + 1/(3 + 1/(1 + 1/(19 + 1/(3 + 1/11)))). So a(12) = 0+3+1+19+3+11 = 37.

MAPLE

A138701row := proc(n) local B; B := abs(bernoulli(n)) ; numtheory[cfrac](B, 20, 'quotients') ; end: A138703 := proc(n) add(c, c=A138701row(n)) ; end: seq(op(A138703(n)), n=0..80) ; [From R. J. Mathar (mathar(AT)strw.leidenuniv.nl), Jul 20 2009]

CROSSREFS

Cf. A138701, A138702, A138706.

Sequence in context: A057635 A139717 A202535 * A106458 A122685 A109581

Adjacent sequences:  A138700 A138701 A138702 * A138704 A138705 A138706

KEYWORD

more,nonn

AUTHOR

Leroy Quet Mar 26 2008

EXTENSIONS

Extended beyond a(15) by R. J. Mathar (mathar(AT)strw.leidenuniv.nl), Jul 20 2009

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