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A154742 Denominators of the convergents of the continued fraction for sqrt{1 - 1/sqrt{2}}, the abscissa of the point of bisection of the arc of the unit lemniscate (x^2 + y^2)^2 = x^2 - y^2 in the first quadrant. 4

%I #7 Mar 30 2018 08:12:57

%S 1,0,1,1,2,11,13,24,85,534,619,2391,7792,80311,810902,891213,1702115,

%T 2593328,14668755,31930838,110461269,142392107,252853376,900952235,

%U 5658566786,6559519021,58134718954,4308528721617,8675192162188

%N Denominators of the convergents of the continued fraction for sqrt{1 - 1/sqrt{2}}, the abscissa of the point of bisection of the arc of the unit lemniscate (x^2 + y^2)^2 = x^2 - y^2 in the first quadrant.

%H G. C. Greubel, <a href="/A154742/b154742.txt">Table of n, a(n) for n = -2..1000</a>

%e sqrt{1 - 1/sqrt{2}} = 0.541196100146196984399723205366... = [0; 1, 1, 5, 1, 1, 3, 6, 1, 3, 3, 10, 10, ...], the convergents of which are 0/1, 1/0, [0/1], 1/1, 1/2, 6/11, 7/13, 13/24, 46/85, 289/534, 335/619, 1294/2391, 4217/7792, ..., with brackets marking index 0. Those prior to index 0 are for initializing the recurrence.

%t nmax = 100; cfrac = ContinuedFraction[ Sqrt[ 1 - 1/Sqrt[2] ], nmax + 1]; Join[ {1, 0}, Denominator[ Table[ FromContinuedFraction[ Take[cfrac, j] ], {j, 1, nmax + 1} ] ] ]

%Y Cf. A154739, A154740 and A154741 for the decimal expansion, the continued fraction and the numerators of the convergents.

%K nonn,frac,easy

%O -2,5

%A _Stuart Clary_, Jan 14 2009

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