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A248294
Egyptian fraction representation of sqrt(70) (A010522) using a greedy function.
0
8, 3, 31, 992, 1245369, 3302336350417, 47523810173595463077699706, 15227181289661678179456803859437449044352739723867580, 290150350103448613285887398334236111049315440797539935407545942151460489216853681370927408862165807652692
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[ 70]]
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: A228886 A182160 A213838 * A370564 A004734 A287645
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
Robert G. Wilson v, Oct 04 2014
STATUS
approved