OFFSET
0,1
COMMENTS
This constant t is the least positive real number satisfying the definition.
The largest real number with the same property equals 3 + 1/t = 3.3474953831...
Note that (sqrt(13) + 3)/2 = [3; 3, 3, 3, ...] also satisfies the property.
Is this constant transcendental?
LINKS
Paul D. Hanna, Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..1100
EXAMPLE
Constant t = 2.877736075299027930414865011045376567...
The constant equals the continued fraction with partial denominators a(n):
t = 2 + 1/(1 + 1/(7 + 1/(5 + 1/(1 + 1/(1 + 1/(2 + 1/(2 + 1/(2 + 1/(2 + 1/(9 + 1/(1 + 1/(1 + 1/(1 + 1/(1 + 1/(3 + 1/(2 + 1/(2 + 1/(9 + 1/(11 + ... + 1/(a(n) + ...))))))))))))))))))).
the constant also equals the continued fraction with fractional partial denominators (2*a(n) + 3)/3:
t = 7/3 + 1/(5/3 + 1/(17/3 + 1/(13/3 + 1/(5/3 + 1/(5/3 + 1/(7/3 + 1/(7/3 + 1/(7/3 + 1/(7/3 + 1/(7 + 1/(5/3 + 1/(5/3 + 1/(5/3 + 1/(5/3 + 1/(3 + 1/(7/3 + 1/(7/3 + 1/(7 + 1/(25/3 + ... + 1/( (2*a(n) + 3)/3 + ...)))))))))))))))))).
The simple continued fraction expansion begins:
t = [2; 1, 7, 5, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 9, 1, 1, 1, 1, 3, 2, 2, 9, 11, 4,
51, 4, 1, 4, 2, 1, 2, 3, 6, 3, 2, 2, 5, 3, 1, 1, 1, 17, 1, 44, 2,
2, 15, 2, 2, 2, 30, 1, 1, 16, 1, 1, 2, 6, 1, 1, 1, 1, 3, 2, 740, 1,
2, 6, 24, 1, 1, 6, 1, 18, 1, 2, 13, 1, 19, 1, 9, 3, 1, 1, 4, 1, 6,
1, 1, 2, 7, 2, 6, 6, 1, 4, 1, 4, 3, 6, 4, 1, 2, 1, 1, 3, 2, 2,
1, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 1, 4, 6, 2, 1, 1, 1, 4, 5, 5, 2, 3, 5, 5, 1,
1, 2, 2, 1, 1, 2, 4, 19, 4, 1, 1, 1, 3, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 8, 1,
1, 5, 3, 5, 3, 1, 1, 2, 2, 1, 2, 2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 19, 1, 1,
5, 2, 3, 1, 7, 1, 7, 2, 1, 1, 2, 4, 3, 2, 2, 1, 4, 1, 1, 14, 1,
7, 1, 1, 12, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 3, 1, 1, 1, 1, 7, 8, 3, 2, 1,
5, 1, 3, 2, 1, 2, 116, 5, 3, 2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 3, 7, 1, 56, 1,
1, 1, 16, 6, 3, 1, 7, 3, 11, 2, 4, 1, 4, 2, 1, 2, 1, 2, 1, 1, 2,
1, 1, 1, 2, 8, 1, 6, 1, 2, 2, 25, 2, 5, 4, 2, 1, 1, 6, 16, 11, 7,
6, 3, 11, 1, 1, 7, 1, 11, 1, 1, 12, 2, 1, 13, 2, 2, 13, 2, 1, 1, 1,
1, 1, 1, 1, 3, 1, 1, 1, 1, 98, 14, 2, 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 5, 1, 3, 8,
26, 1, 3, 1, 9, 1, 2, 4, 1, 6, 1, 2, 6, 2, 1, 7, 1, 2, 1, 5, 105,
1, 3, 58, 1, 1, 1, 144, 1, 499, 1, 2, 2, 1, 3, 2, 14, 1, 3, 1, 5, 1,
3, 1, 18, 77, 9, 32, 1, 3, 7, 1, 10, 3, 3, 1, 1, 5, 8, 1, 3, 4, 1,
1, 1, 2, 1, 79, 3, 1, 1, 2, 1, 4, 8, 1, 22, 5, 1, 9, 1, 5, 5, 1,
1, 2, 1, 1, 6, 2, 6, 7, 3, 2, 6, 6, 1, 12, 5, 1, 7, 10, 1, 3, 2,
5, 2, 1, 9, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 5, 1, 8, 3, 2, 1, 2, 1, 2, 3,
5, 6, 16, 1, 1, 1, 8, 5, 21, 3, 2, 5, 1, 48, 1, 13, 2, 7, 1, 1, 4,
44, 1, 1, 3, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 22, 1, 1, 2, 9, 3, 2, 3, 3, 3, 4,
4, 13, 1, 65, 1, 1, 7, 1, 1, 3, 1, 18, 7, 2, 1, 2, 3, 8, 4, 10, 1,
9, 1, 1, 4, 4, 2, 15, 2, 1, 1, 51, 14, 5, 2, 10, 1, 2, 28, 4, 9, 1,
1, 3, 1, 1, 1, 5, 1, 2, 1, 82, 9, 3, 1, 1, 2, 212, 8, 1, 1, 1, 100,
1, 3, 1, 4, 2, 1, 1, 3, 19, 2, 1, 1, 1, 5, 1, 10, 7, 2, 1, 1, 5,
2, 5, 9, 1, 3, 9, 1, 1, 40, 74, 3, 1, 1, 1, 1, 11, 1, 1, 1, 7, 1,
48, 1, 2, 1, 1, 1, 3, 2, 4, 4, 1, 2, 3, 1, 1, 1, 19, 7, 54, 1, 2,
3, 3, 1, 4, 170, 6, 3, 3, 11, 2, 1, 1, 35, 2, 2, 1, 5, 1, 2, 1, 4,
1, 1, 2, 1, 3, 4, 2, 1, 13, 12, 2, 4, 13, 4, 1, 2, 1, 1, 2, 1, 8,
6, 1, 12, 2, 2, 12, 2, 1, 411, 2, 3, 5, 3, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 11, 6,
1, 2, 1, 1, 18, 3, 1, 20, 3, 1, 4, 4, 1, 3, 1, 10, 3, 2, 1, 16, 1,
1, 7, 4, 7, 2, 1, 11, 4, 17, 3, 36, 1, 2, 12, 4, 1, 2, 2, 1, 1, 1,
8, 1, 1, 82, 5, 1, 2, 2, 2, 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 1, 3, 2, 1, 1, 26, 1,
1, 8, 1, 19, 1, 4, 1, 2, 64, 1, 60, 1, 43, 1, 1, 8, 3, 1, 1, 41, 2,
4, 1, 30, 1, 8, 1, 4, 1, 5, 11, 1, 1, 1, 5, 1, 6, 3, 1, 1, 62, 2,
4, 1, 1, 2, 2, 17, 1, 5, 1, 2, 1, 3, 8, 8, 1, 6, 30, 1, 2, 5, 1,
3, 1, 8, 1, 9, 1, 9, 1, 1, 1, 2, 1, 3, 1, 160, 4, 4, 9, 1, 273, 1,
1, 4, 4, 1, 1, 5, 3, 7, 9, 1, 1, 6, 2, 1, 5, 19, 9, 1, 5, 5, 1,
2, 1, 123, 1, 32, 2, 2, 2, 4, 6, 26, 3, 2, 269, 1, 9, 11, 1, 1, 5, 1,
1, 1, 3, 5, 8, 4, 1, 7, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 1, 80, 1, 5, 2, 6, 2, 2,
2, 1, 16, 1, 11, 1, 3, 7, 2, 1, 1, 1, 3, 5, 1, 24, 1, 1, 6, 1, 1,
2, 2, 2, 1, 1, 2, 2, 4, 14, 2, 2, 2, 5, 1, 6, 2, 1, 1, 1, 30, 8,
2, 2, 4, 2, 2, 3, 2, 6, 1, 1, 1, 7, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 7, 2, 6, 4,
1, 1, 4, 1, 4, 2, 1, 4, 1, 11, 2, 1, 9, 2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 4, 4, 1,
1, 12, 12, 2, 7, 1, 3, 5, 3, 14, 4, 3, 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 4, 10, 3,
14, 13, 2, 1, 2, 3, 1, 1, 1, 1, 7, 2, 2, 2, 1, 1, 88, 10, 2, 1, 5,
11, 3, 31, 3, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 18, 3, 1, 2, 5, 1, 1, 1, 3, 2,
1, 1, 1, 5, 11, 1, 15, 2, 1, 1, 3, 6, 1, 1, 4, 1, 1, 29, 2, 2, 2,
3, 3, 1, 1, 33, 10, 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 1, 16, 2, 4, 34, 3, 2, 2, 3, 2,
1, 1, 81, 4, 2, 3, 23, 2, 22, 3, 1, 2, 129, 1, 1, 2, 3, 4, 1, 1, 2,
1, 42, 1, 1, 3, 8, 1, 4, 1, 25, 1, 1, 6, 1, 6, 2, 4, 7, 1, 3, 6,
1, 25, 1, 15, 1, 1, 1, 2, 19, 1, 13, 2, 3, 23, 1, 1, 5, 1, 1, 11, 14,
1, 1, 5, 1, 1, 1, 10, 2, 6, 2, 14, 1, 11, 24, 5, 2, 2, 3, 1, 9, 4,
1, 2, 1, 1, 7, 3, 1, 4, 2, 1, 1, 18, 3, 1, 1, 1, 5, 1, 5, 4, 7, ...].
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn,cofr
AUTHOR
Paul D. Hanna, Sep 20 2018
STATUS
approved