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A248296
Egyptian fraction representation of sqrt(72) (A010524) using a greedy function.
0
8, 3, 7, 111, 12212, 421899134, 214366287730447196, 74154301233407587376512952938963737, 22082353211860579770417392785370193807657413641357962334630621172698141
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[ 72]]
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: A061444 A011214 A119806 * A217732 A089260 A109866
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
Robert G. Wilson v, Oct 04 2014
STATUS
approved