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A248276
Egyptian fraction representation of sqrt(51) (A010504) using a greedy function.
0
7, 8, 61, 28583, 11215712908, 163912730694765446902, 323312653298355913241854107936424272297052, 282221573696620922018917798450701835109135899750274145244297035015729916105092332416
OFFSET
0,1
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[ 51]]
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: A249329 A041023 A041108 * A137145 A251626 A256340
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
Robert G. Wilson v, Oct 04 2014
STATUS
approved