OFFSET
1,1
COMMENTS
This sequence is also the decimal expansion of ((1+sqrt(5))/2)^3. - Mohammad K. Azarian, Apr 14 2008
This is the length/width ratio of a 4-extension rectangle; see A188640 for definitions. - Clark Kimberling, Apr 10 2011
Its continued fraction is [4, 4, ...] (see A010709). - Robert G. Wilson v, Apr 10 2011
REFERENCES
Alexey Stakhov, The mathematics of harmony: from Euclid to contemporary mathematics and computer science, World Scientific, Singapore, 2009, p. 657.
LINKS
G. C. Greubel, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..10000
Wikipedia, Metallic mean
FORMULA
2 plus the constant in A002163. - R. J. Mathar, Sep 02 2008
Equals 3 + 4*sin(Pi/10) = 1 + 4*cos(Pi/5) = 1 + 4*sin(3*Pi/10) = 3 + 4*cos(2*Pi/5) = 1 + csc(Pi/10). - Arkadiusz Wesolowski, Mar 11 2012
Equals lim_{n -> infinity} F(n+3)/F(n) = lim_{n -> infinity} (1 + 2*F(n+1)/F(n)) = 2 + sqrt(5), with F(n) = A000045(n). - Arkadiusz Wesolowski, Mar 11 2012
Equals exp(arcsinh(2)), since arcsinh(x) = log(x+sqrt(x^2+1)). - Stanislav Sykora, Nov 01 2013
Equals Sum_{n>=1} n/phi^n = phi/(phi-1)^2 = phi^3. - Richard R. Forberg, Jun 29 2014
Equals 1 + 2*phi, with phi = A001622, (an integer in the quadratic number field Q(sqrt(5)). - Wolfdieter Lang, Dec 10 2022
Equals lim_{n -> infinity} = S(n, 2*(-1 + 2*phi))/S(n-1, 2*(-1 + 2*phi)), with the S-Chebyshev polynomials (see A049310). See also the above limit formula with Fibonacci numbers. - Wolfdieter Lang, Nov 15 2023
EXAMPLE
4.23606797749978969640917366873127623544061835961152572427...
MATHEMATICA
RealDigits[N[2+Sqrt[5], 200]][[1]] (* Vladimir Joseph Stephan Orlovsky, Feb 21 2011 *)
PROG
(PARI) sqrt(5)+2 \\ Charles R Greathouse IV, Mar 11 2012
(Magma) SetDefaultRealField(RealField(100)); 2+Sqrt(5); // G. C. Greubel, Jun 30 2019
(Sage) numerical_approx(2+sqrt(5), digits=100) # G. C. Greubel, Jun 30 2019
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
AUTHOR
Eric W. Weisstein, Sep 02 2004
EXTENSIONS
Title expanded to include observation from Mohammad K. Azarian by Charles R Greathouse IV, Mar 11 2012
STATUS
approved