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A248301
Egyptian fraction representation of sqrt(77) (A010529) using a greedy function.
0
8, 2, 4, 41, 1742, 11028177, 162993884286434, 98590211385064017280363413293, 12117436325243830366668048782511200599594547426236327606671, 1005207586152279178371805242956335367687650840213497606799698333833564307176435895593356718339151523032260919541519453
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[ 77]]
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: A248302 A217294 A109614 * A284157 A201583 A243370
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
Robert G. Wilson v, Oct 04 2014
STATUS
approved