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A265759 Numerators of primes-only best approximates (POBAs) to 1; see Comments. 56
3, 2, 5, 13, 11, 19, 17, 31, 29, 43, 41, 61, 59, 73, 71, 103, 101, 109, 107, 139, 137, 151, 149, 181, 179, 193, 191, 199, 197, 229, 227, 241, 239, 271, 269, 283, 281, 313, 311, 349, 347, 421, 419, 433, 431, 463, 461, 523, 521, 571, 569, 601, 599, 619, 617 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; text; internal format)
OFFSET
1,1
COMMENTS
Suppose that x > 0. A fraction p/q of primes is a primes-only best approximate (POBA), and we write "p/q in B(x)", if 0 < |x - p/q| < |x - u/v| for all primes u and v such that v < q. Note that for some choices of x, there are values of q for which there are two POBAs. In these cases, the greater is placed first; e.g., B(3) = (7/2, 5/2, 17/5, 13/5, 23/7, 19/7, ...).
See A265772 and A265774 for definitions of lower POBA and upper POBA. In the following guide, for example, A001359/A006512 represents (conjecturally in some cases) the Lower POBAs p(n)/q(n) to 1, where p = A001359 and q = A006512 except for first terms in some cases. Every POBA is either a lower POBA or an upper POBA.
x Lower POBA Upper POBA POBA
LINKS
EXAMPLE
The POBAs for 1 start with 3/2, 2/3, 5/7, 13/11, 11/13, 19/17, 17/19, 31/29, 29/31, 43/41, 41/43, 61/59, 59/61. For example, if p and q are primes and q > 13, then 11/13 is closer to 1 than p/q is.
MATHEMATICA
x = 1; z = 200; p[k_] := p[k] = Prime[k];
t = Table[Max[Table[NextPrime[x*p[k], -1]/p[k], {k, 1, n}]], {n, 1, z}];
d = DeleteDuplicates[t]; tL = Select[d, # > 0 &] (* lower POBA *)
t = Table[Min[Table[NextPrime[x*p[k]]/p[k], {k, 1, n}]], {n, 1, z}];
d = DeleteDuplicates[t]; tU = Select[d, # > 0 &] (* upper POBA *)
v = Sort[Union[tL, tU], Abs[#1 - x] > Abs[#2 - x] &];
b = Denominator[v]; s = Select[Range[Length[b]], b[[#]] == Min[Drop[b, # - 1]] &];
y = Table[v[[s[[n]]]], {n, 1, Length[s]}] (* POBA, A265759/A265760 *)
Numerator[tL] (* A001359 *)
Denominator[tL] (* A006512 *)
Numerator[tU] (* A006512 *)
Denominator[tU] (* A001359 *)
Numerator[y] (* A265759 *)
Denominator[y] (* A265760 *)
CROSSREFS
Sequence in context: A211018 A374428 A290427 * A057674 A092935 A137455
KEYWORD
nonn,frac
AUTHOR
Clark Kimberling, Dec 15 2015
STATUS
approved

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