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A220397 A modified Engel expansion of sqrt(2). 5
1, 3, 6, 4, 2, 2, 4, 6, 23, 66, 108, 7738, 290, 9, 24, 32, 30, 4, 6, 3, 6, 24, 22, 2, 6, 20, 6, 9, 16, 5, 12, 4, 12, 22, 5, 8, 3, 6, 4, 2, 2, 4, 6, 2, 2, 2, 2, 13, 24, 2, 3, 4, 2, 2, 2, 2, 23, 44, 21, 40, 8, 14, 3, 6, 12, 10, 11, 30, 4, 4, 9, 4, 3, 4, 2, 16, 45, 46, 528 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; text; internal format)
OFFSET
1,2
COMMENTS
See A220393 for a definition of the modified Engel expansion of a positive real number. For further details see the Bala link.
LINKS
Wikipedia, Engel Expansion
FORMULA
Let h(x) = x*(floor(1/x) + (floor(1/x))^2) - floor(1/x). Let x = sqrt(2) - 1. Then a(1) = 1, a(2) = ceiling(1/x) and, for n >= 1, a(n+2) = floor(1/h^(n-1)(x))*(1 + floor(1/h^(n)(x))).
Put P(n) = Product_{k = 1..n} a(k). Then we have the Egyptian fraction series expansion sqrt(2) = Sum_{n>=1} 1/P(n) = 1 + 1/3 + 1/(3*6) + 1/(3*6*4) + 1/(3*6*4*2) + 1/(3*6*4*2*2) + .... For n >= 2, the error made in truncating this series to n terms is less than the n-th term.
CROSSREFS
Sequence in context: A169842 A185588 A199737 * A021737 A359572 A011307
KEYWORD
nonn,easy
AUTHOR
Peter Bala, Dec 13 2012
STATUS
approved

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