OFFSET
1,1
COMMENTS
The continued square root map applied to a sequence (x,y,z,...) is CSR(x,y,z,...) = sqrt(x + sqrt(y + sqrt(z + ...))); this is well defined if the logarithm of the terms is O(2^n).
LINKS
Chai Wah Wu, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..1000
Popular Computing (Calabasas, CA), The CSR Function, Vol. 4 (No. 34, Jan 1976), pages PC34-10 to PC34-11. Annotated and scanned copy.
Herman P. Robinson, The CSR Function, Popular Computing (Calabasas, CA), Vol. 4 (No. 35, Feb 1976), pages PC35-3 to PC35-4. Annotated and scanned copy.
PROG
(PARI) (CSR(v, s)=forstep(i=#v, 1, -1, s=sqrt(v[i]+s)); s); a=[5]; for(n=1, 50, print1(a[#a]", "); for(i=primepi(a[#a])+1, oo, CSR(concat(a, vector(9, j, prime(i+j))))>=Pi && (a=concat(a, prime(i))) && break)) \\ The default precision of 38 digits yields correct terms only below 30000. To compute larger values correctly, realprecision must be increased. - M. F. Hasler, May 03 2018
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
N. J. A. Sloane, May 03 2015
EXTENSIONS
a(15)-a(46) from Chai Wah Wu, May 06 2015
Edited by M. F. Hasler, May 03 2018
STATUS
approved