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A138343
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Count of post-period decimal digits up to which the rounded n-th convergent to Pi agrees with the exact value.
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9
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0, 2, 3, 6, 8, 9, 8, 10, 10, 11, 11, 13, 15, 15, 16, 15, 17, 17, 18, 19, 20, 23, 24, 23, 26, 27, 29, 30, 29, 31, 33, 34, 37, 39, 39, 40, 42, 43, 44, 45, 45, 47, 46, 49, 49, 51, 52, 52, 54, 55, 56, 55, 56, 57, 59, 58, 59, 60, 61, 61, 63, 64, 64, 65, 65, 66, 67, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 72
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OFFSET
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0,2
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COMMENTS
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This is a measure of the quality of the n-th convergent to A000796 if the convergent and the exact value are compared rounded to an increasing number of digits. (This is similar to A084407 which compares the truncated/floored values).
The sequence of rounded values of Pi is 3, 3.1, 3.14, 3.142, 3.1416, 3.14159, 3.141593, 3.1415927 etc, and the n-th convergent (provided by A002485 and A002486) is to be represented by its equivalent sequence.
a(n) represents the maximum number of post-period digits of the two sequences if compared at the same level of rounding. Counting only post-period digits (which is one less than the full number of decimal digits) is just a convention taken from A084407.
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EXAMPLE
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For n=3, the 3rd convergent is 355/113 = 3.141592920353.., with a sequence of rounded representations 3, 3.1, 3.14, 3.142, 3.1416, 3.141593, 3.1415929, 3.14159292 etc.
Rounded to 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6 post-period decimal digits, this is the same as the rounded version of the exact Pi, but disagrees if both are rounded to 7 decimal digits, where 3.1415927 <> 3.1415929.
So a(3) = 6 (digits), the maximum rounding level of agreement.
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KEYWORD
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nonn,base
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AUTHOR
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EXTENSIONS
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Definition and values replaced as defined via continued fractions by R. J. Mathar, Oct 01 2009
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STATUS
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approved
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