OFFSET
0,2
REFERENCES
Steven R. Finch, Mathematical Constants, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2003, p. 446.
LINKS
Chao-Ping Chen, Sharp inequalities and asymptotic series related to Somos' quadratic recurrence constant, Journal of Number Theory, 172 (2017), 145-159.
Chao-Ping Chen and X.-F. Han, On Somos' quadratic recurrence constant, Journal of Number Theory, 166 (2016), 31-40.
Dawei Lu and Zexi Song, Some new continued fraction estimates of the Somos' quadratic recurrence constant, Journal of Number Theory, 155 (2015), 36-45.
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FORMULA
a(0) = 1; thereafter, a(n) = (1/n)*Sum_{j=1..n} (-1)^(j-1)*2*b(j)*a(n-j), where b(j) = A000670(j) [Nemes]. - N. J. A. Sloane, Sep 11 2017
G.f. A(x) satisfies (1 + x)^2 = A(x)^2 / A(x/(1 + x)).
A003504(n+1) ~ C^(2^n) * (n + 2 - 1/n + 4/n^2 - 21/n^3 + 138/n^4 - 1091/n^5 + ...) where C = 1.04783144757... (see A115632).
A052129(n) ~ s^(2^n) / (n + 2 - 1/n + 4/n^2 - 21/n^3 + 138/n^4 - 1091/n^5 + ...) where s = 1.661687949633... (see A112302).
From Seiichi Manyama, May 26 2025: (Start)
G.f.: Product_{k>=1} (1 + k*x)^(1/2^k).
G.f.: exp(2 * Sum_{k>=1} (-1)^(k-1) * A000670(k) * x^k/k).
G.f.: 1/B(-x), where B(x) is the g.f. of A084785. (End)
a(n) ~ (-1)^(n+1) * (n-1)! / log(2)^(n+1). - Vaclav Kotesovec, May 27 2025
EXAMPLE
G.f. = 1 + 2*x - x^2 + 4*x^3 - 21*x^4 + 138*x^5 - 1091*x^6 + 10088*x^7 + ...
MATHEMATICA
terms = 20; A[_] = 1; Do[A[x_] = -A[x] + 2/A[x/(1+x)]^(-1/2)*(1+x) + O[x]^j // Normal, {j, 1, terms}]; CoefficientList[A[x], x] (* Jean-François Alcover, Jul 28 2011, updated Jan 12 2018 *)
PROG
(PARI) {a(n) = my(A); if( n<0, 0, A=1; for( k=1, n, A = truncate( A + O(x^k)) + x * O(x^k); A = -A + 2 / subst(A^(-1/2), x, x/(1 + x)) * (1 + x); ); polcoeff(A, n))};
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
sign
AUTHOR
Michael Somos, Feb 18 2006
STATUS
approved