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A248238
Egyptian fraction representation of sqrt(8) (A010466) using a greedy function.
0
2, 2, 4, 13, 665, 3467111, 21396320062803, 658294037732639489281287503, 22388829144690900907571301740725846339553919136567283158, 522702581366233755060474792093646176756253098085471164612763539572950704431022333880928617340303584572474648760
OFFSET
0,1
MATHEMATICA
Egyptian[nbr_] := Block[{lst = {IntegerPart[nbr]}, cons = N[ FractionalPart[ nbr], 2^20], denom, iter = 8}, While[ iter > 0, denom = Ceiling[ 1/cons]; AppendTo[ lst, denom]; cons -= 1/denom; iter--]; lst]; Egyptian[ Sqrt[ 8]]
CROSSREFS
Egyptian fraction representations of the square roots: A006487, A224231, A248235-A248322.
Egyptian fraction representations of the cube roots: A129702, A132480-A132574.
Sequence in context: A048157 A130797 A362262 * A268009 A263224 A360922
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
Robert G. Wilson v, Oct 04 2014
STATUS
approved