OFFSET
1,1
COMMENTS
3344161/1494696 is a rational number r such that both r^2 + 5 and r^2 - 5 are the squares of rational numbers because r^2 + 5 = (4728001/1494696)^2 and r^2 - 5 = (113279/1494696)^2.
2, 2, 3, 7 followed by repetitions of a period 210 sequence.
REFERENCES
J. Svoboda, L'intermédiaire des math., 21, 1914, pp. 176-178.
LINKS
Arkadiusz Wesolowski, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..1000
Alessandro Padoa, Un duplice sistema indeterminato, Atti del Congresso Internazionale dei Matematici Bologna 3-10 Settembre 1928 (VI) Tomo II, Comunicazioni Sezione I (A-B), pp. 25-30.
EXAMPLE
3344161/1494696 = 2.237351943137601224596841096....
MATHEMATICA
RealDigits[N[3344161/1494696, 200]][[1]]
PROG
(PARI) default(realprecision, 200); x=3344161/1494696; for(n=1, 200, d=floor(x); x=(x-d)*10; print1(d, ", "));
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
AUTHOR
Arkadiusz Wesolowski, Feb 27 2012
STATUS
approved