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A365595 The numerators of a series that converges to 1/e obtained using Whittaker's Root Series Formula. 2
1, 1, 1, 9, 1126, 53825, 302989, 2285199, 133296721, 9731109349, 1737376806937, 372236638394027, 94229801087550639, 27818002500902930641, 591930814558449521261, 9591188150350759241842, 2816408483135723327055984, 1394771058490469072473603553, 385768133102988434073147277769 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; text; internal format)
OFFSET
1,4
COMMENTS
The Whittaker's Root Series Formula is applied to 1+x-x^2/2+x^3/3-x^4/4+x^5/5-x^6/6 +..., which is 1 + the Taylor expansion of log(1+x). The series obtained after applying Whittaker's Root Series Formula: 1/e-1=(-1)/1+(1/2)/(1*3/2)+(1/12)/((3/2)*(7/3))+(1/18)/((7/3)*(11/3))+(1/20)/((11/3)*(347/60))+(563/10800)/((347/60)*(3289/360))+ ... . The series can be simplified to: 1/e=1/3+1/42+1/154+9/3817+1126/1141283+ ... . The sequence is formed by the numerators of the simplified series.
The fractions in the denominators of the non-simplified series seem to be equal to terms from A323339 divided by the corresponding terms from A323340. Thus, the Whittaker's Root Series for 1 + the Taylor expansion of log(1+x) offers an alternative method for obtaining the terms of A323339 and A323340 using the determinants of Toeplitz matrices (formed using the coefficients of 1 + the Taylor expansion of log(1+x)).
LINKS
E. T. Whittaker and G. Robinson, The Calculus of Observations, London: Blackie & Son, Ltd. 1924, pp. 120-123.
FORMULA
a(n) is the numerator of the simplified fraction -det ToeplitzMatrix((c(2),c(1),c(0),0,0,...,0),(c(2),c(3),c(4),...,c(n+1)))/(det ToeplitzMatrix((c(1),c(0),0,...,0),(c(1),c(2),c(3),...,c(n)))*det ToeplitzMatrix((c(1),c(0),0,...,0),(c(1),c(2),c(3),...,c(n+1)))), where c(0)=1, c(1)=1, c(2)=-1/2, c(3)=1/3, c(4)=-1/4, c(n)=(1/n)*(-1)^(n+1).c(n) is simply the coefficient of x^n in the series formed by 1+ the Taylor expansion of log(1+x).
EXAMPLE
Whittaker's Root Series Formula is applied to 1 + the Taylor expansion of log(1+x) and the terms are simplified. The sequence is formed by the numerators of the simplified terms, starting with the second term in the Whittaker's Root Series.
a(1) is the numerator of -(-1/2)/(1*det((1,-1/2),(1,1))=(1/2)/(3/2)=1/3
a(2) is the numerator of -det((-1/2,1/3),(1,-1/2))/(det((1,-1/2),(1,1))*det((1,-1/2,1/3),(1,1,-1/2),(0,1,1)))=(1/12)/((3/2)(7/3))=1/42
MATHEMATICA
c[k_] := If[k < 0, 0, SeriesCoefficient[1 + Log[1 + x], {x, 0, k}]]; Table[-Det[ToeplitzMatrix[Table[c[3 - j], {j, 1, n}], Table[c[j + 1], {j, 1, n}]]] / (Det[ToeplitzMatrix[Table[c[2 - j], {j, 1, n}], Table[c[j], {j, 1, n}]]] * Det[ToeplitzMatrix[Table[c[2 - j], {j, 1, n + 1}], Table[c[j], {j, 1, n + 1}]]]), {n, 1, 20}] // Numerator (* Vaclav Kotesovec, Oct 09 2023 *)
CROSSREFS
Cf. A068985 (1/e), A365594 (denominators), A323339, A323340.
Sequence in context: A036411 A075412 A174253 * A266602 A084149 A202981
KEYWORD
nonn,frac
AUTHOR
Raul Prisacariu, Sep 10 2023
EXTENSIONS
More terms from Vaclav Kotesovec, Oct 09 2023
STATUS
approved

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