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A260615
Irregular triangle read by rows: the n-th row is the continued fraction expansion of the sum of the reciprocals of the first n primes.
3
0, 2, 0, 1, 5, 1, 30, 1, 5, 1, 2, 12, 1, 3, 1, 2, 1, 9, 1, 1, 7, 1, 2, 1, 9, 1, 2, 1, 2, 12, 7, 1, 2, 2, 13, 1, 1, 1, 8, 13, 5, 4, 1, 2, 5, 8, 1, 2, 6, 1, 1, 4, 10, 1, 2, 3, 1, 3, 1, 2, 238, 1, 28, 1, 42, 2, 2, 7, 1, 1, 4, 1, 1, 1, 6, 1, 41, 3, 1, 1, 51, 1, 9, 2, 3, 2, 5, 1, 2, 1, 6, 1, 1, 1, 3, 3, 3, 1, 1, 1, 3, 3, 1, 2, 19, 1, 13, 1, 1, 3, 4, 7, 1, 1, 3, 2, 1, 10
OFFSET
1,2
LINKS
Matthew Campbell, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..116505 The first 225 rows are in the b-file.
EXAMPLE
For row 3, the sum of the first three prime reciprocals equals 1/2 + 1/3 + 1/5 = 31/30. The continued fraction expansion of 31/30 is 1 + (1/30). Because of this, the terms in row 3 are 1 and 30.
From Michael De Vlieger, Aug 29 2015: (Start)
Triangle begins:
0, 2
0, 1, 5
1, 30
1, 5, 1, 2, 12
1, 3, 1, 2, 1, 9, 1, 1, 7
1, 2, 1, 9, 1, 2, 1, 2, 12, 7
1, 2, 2, 13, 1, 1, 1, 8, 13, 5, 4
1, 2, 5, 8, 1, 2, 6, 1, 1, 4, 10, 1, 2, 3, 1, 3
1, 2, 238, 1, 28, 1, 42, 2, 2, 7, 1, 1, 4
...
(End)
MAPLE
seq(op(numtheory:-cfrac(s, 'quotients')), s=ListTools:-PartialSums(map2(`/`, 1, [seq(ithprime(i), i=1..20)]))); # Robert Israel, Sep 06 2015
MATHEMATICA
Table[ContinuedFraction[Sum[1/Prime@k, {k, n}]], {n, 11}] // Flatten (* Michael De Vlieger, Aug 29 2015 *)
PROG
(PARI) row(n) = contfrac(sum(k=1, n, 1/prime(k)));
tabf(nn) = for(n=1, nn, print(row(n))); \\ Michel Marcus, Sep 18 2015
CROSSREFS
Cf. A000040.
For the continued fractions of the harmonic numbers, see A100398.
For the numerator of the sum, see A024451.
For the denominator of the sum, see A002110.
Sequence in context: A351645 A182931 A377335 * A293298 A079134 A175528
KEYWORD
nonn,tabf,cofr
AUTHOR
Matthew Campbell, Aug 29 2015
STATUS
approved