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A064564
Reciprocal of n terminates with an infinite repetition of digit 5. Multiples of 10 are omitted.
6
18, 1152, 28125, 73728, 4718592, 301989888, 439453125, 19327352832, 1236950581248, 6866455078125, 79164837199872, 5066549580791808, 107288360595703125, 324259173170675712, 20752587082923245568
OFFSET
1,1
REFERENCES
A. H. Beiler, Recreations in the Theory of Numbers, Dover, N.Y., 1964, pp. 73-82.
FORMULA
Numbers of the form 9*2^(6i-5) and 9*5^(6i-1) [i>0].
EXAMPLE
1/28125 = 0.000035555555555...
MATHEMATICA
With[{nn=20}, Take[Sort[Flatten[Table[{9 2^(6n-5), 9 5^(6n-1)}, {n, nn}]]], nn]] (* Harvey P. Dale, Oct 22 2013 *)
KEYWORD
nonn,base
AUTHOR
Patrick De Geest, Sep 20 2001
EXTENSIONS
More terms from James A. Sellers, Sep 28 2001
STATUS
approved