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A247844
Decimal expansion of the value of the continued fraction [1; 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, ...].
3
1, 6, 9, 7, 7, 7, 4, 6, 5, 7, 9, 6, 4, 0, 0, 7, 9, 8, 2, 0, 0, 6, 7, 9, 0, 5, 9, 2, 5, 5, 1, 7, 5, 2, 5, 9, 9, 4, 8, 6, 6, 5, 8, 2, 6, 2, 9, 9, 8, 0, 2, 1, 2, 3, 2, 3, 6, 8, 6, 3, 0, 0, 8, 2, 8, 1, 6, 5, 3, 0, 8, 5, 2, 7, 6, 4, 6, 4, 1, 1, 1, 2, 9, 9, 6, 9, 6, 5, 6, 5, 4, 1, 8, 2, 6, 7, 6, 5, 6, 8, 7, 2, 3, 9, 8
OFFSET
1,2
COMMENTS
Equals 1+A052119.
FORMULA
1 + I_1(2) / I_0(2), where I_n(x) gives the modified Bessel function of the first kind.
EXAMPLE
1.697774657964007982006790592551752599486658262998...
MATHEMATICA
FromContinuedFraction[Join[{1}, Range[50]]] // RealDigits[#, 10, 105]& // First
(* or *) 1+BesselI[1, 2]/BesselI[0, 2] // RealDigits[#, 10, 105]& // First
PROG
(PARI) 1+besseli(1, 2)/besseli(0, 2) \\ Charles R Greathouse IV, Oct 23 2023
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn,cons
AUTHOR
STATUS
approved