A248245 Egyptian fraction representation of sqrt(17) (A010473) using a greedy function.

4, 9, 84, 11142, 474347339, 1448582974451426406, 2526762018809024624337804813995389534, 28249016389028465904997590221278194109894254535234000317524709009386354668

Offset

0,1

Links

Table of n, a(n) for n=0..7.

Mathematica

Egyptian[nbr_] := Block[{lst = {IntegerPart[nbr]}, cons = N[ FractionalPart[ nbr], 2^20], denom, iter = 8}, While[ iter >
0, denom = Ceiling[ 1/cons]; AppendTo[ lst, denom]; cons -= 1/denom; iter--]; lst]; Egyptian[ Sqrt[ 17]]

Crossrefs

Egyptian fraction representations of the square roots: A006487, A224231, A248235-A248322.

Egyptian fraction representations of the cube roots: A129702, A132480-A132574.

Sequence in context: A082381 A155931 A309801 * A368629 A077530 A115551

Adjacent sequences: A248242 A248243 A248244 * A248246 A248247 A248248

Keyword

nonn

Author

Robert G. Wilson v, Oct 04 2014

Status

approved