A220395 A modified Engel expansion of log(2).

2, 3, 8, 6, 2, 4, 93, 60, 2, 2, 2, 2, 3, 12, 10, 2, 2, 14, 52, 6, 5, 8, 2, 2, 5, 8, 2, 2, 3, 4, 14, 273, 40, 2, 3, 4, 4, 12, 27, 16, 14, 26, 4, 6, 4, 6, 2, 3, 12, 10, 4, 6, 14, 65, 12, 8, 6, 2, 7, 90, 294, 40, 2, 2, 32, 155, 8, 7, 12, 2, 2, 2, 2, 4, 6, 3, 10

Offset

1,1

Comments

See A220393 for the definition of the modified Engel expansion of a positive real number. For further details see the Bala link.

Links

Table of n, a(n) for n=1..77.

Peter Bala, A modified Engel expansion

S. Crowley, Integral transforms of the harmonic sawtooth map, the Riemann zeta function, fractal strings, and a finite reflection formula, arXiv:1210.5652 [math.NT], 2012-2020.

Wikipedia, Engel Expansion

Formula

Let h(x) = x*(floor(1/x) + (floor(1/x))^2) - floor(1/x). Let x = log(2). Then a(1) = 1 + floor(1/x) and, for n >= 1, a(n+1) = floor(1/h^(n-1)(x))*(1 + floor(1/h^(n)(x))).

Put P(n) = Product_{k = 1..n} a(k). Then we have the Egyptian fraction series expansion log(2) = Sum_{n>=1} 1/P(n) = 1/2 + 1/(2*3) + 1/(2*3*8) + 1/(2*3*8*6) + 1/(2*3*8*6*2) + .... The error made in truncating this series to n terms is less than the n-th term.

Crossrefs

Cf. A059180, A220335, A220336, A220337, A220338, A220393, A220394, A220396, A220397, A220398.

Sequence in context: A356883 A377379 A372271 * A160099 A309967 A321336

Adjacent sequences: A220392 A220393 A220394 * A220396 A220397 A220398

Keyword

nonn,easy

Author

Peter Bala, Dec 13 2012

Status

approved