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A248245
Egyptian fraction representation of sqrt(17) (A010473) using a greedy function.
1
4, 9, 84, 11142, 474347339, 1448582974451426406, 2526762018809024624337804813995389534, 28249016389028465904997590221278194109894254535234000317524709009386354668
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[ 17]]
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: A082381 A155931 A309801 * A368629 A077530 A115551
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
Robert G. Wilson v, Oct 04 2014
STATUS
approved