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A265781 Denominators of upper primes-only best approximates (POBAs) to sqrt(3); see Comments. 7
2, 3, 5, 7, 13, 47, 59, 73, 79, 131, 467, 631, 907, 2467, 3079, 9319, 11909, 23971, 32801, 64613 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; text; internal format)
OFFSET
1,1
COMMENTS
Suppose that x > 0. A fraction p/q of primes is an upper primes-only best approximate, and we write "p/q is in U(x)", if p'/q < x < p/q < u/v for all primes u and v such that v < q, where p' is greatest prime < p in case p >= 3.
Let q(1) = 2 and let p(1) be the least prime >= x. The sequence U(x) follows inductively: for n >= 1, let q(n) is the least prime q such that x < p/q < p(n)/q(n) for some prime p. Let q(n+1) = q and let p(n+1) be the least prime p such that x < p/q < p(n)/q(n).
For a guide to POBAs, lower POBAs, and upper POBAs, see A265759.
LINKS
EXAMPLE
The upper POBAs to sqrt(3) start with 5/2, 7/3, 11/5, 13/7, 23/13, 83/47, 103/59. For example, if p and q are primes and q > 47, and p/q > sqrt(3), then 83/47 is closer to sqrt(3) than p/q is.
MATHEMATICA
x = Sqrt[3]; z = 1000; p[k_] := p[k] = Prime[k];
t = Table[Max[Table[NextPrime[x*p[k], -1]/p[k], {k, 1, n}]], {n, 1, z}];
d = DeleteDuplicates[t]; tL = Select[d, # > 0 &] (* lower POBA *)
t = Table[Min[Table[NextPrime[x*p[k]]/p[k], {k, 1, n}]], {n, 1, z}];
d = DeleteDuplicates[t]; tU = Select[d, # > 0 &] (* upper POBA *)
v = Sort[Union[tL, tU], Abs[#1 - x] > Abs[#2 - x] &];
b = Denominator[v]; s = Select[Range[Length[b]], b[[#]] == Min[Drop[b, # - 1]] &];
y = Table[v[[s[[n]]]], {n, 1, Length[s]}] (* POBA, A265782/A265783 *)
Numerator[tL] (* A265778 *)
Denominator[tL] (* A265779 *)
Numerator[tU] (* A265780 *)
Denominator[tU] (* A265781 *)
Numerator[y] (* A265782 *)
Denominator[y] (* A265783 *)
CROSSREFS
Sequence in context: A084761 A038965 A295738 * A344360 A250407 A055694
KEYWORD
nonn,frac,more
AUTHOR
Clark Kimberling, Dec 23 2015
EXTENSIONS
a(16)-a(20) from Robert Price, Apr 05 2019
STATUS
approved

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