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A276779
a(n) = floor(log_10(1/error(n))), where error(n) is the error in the n-th iteration of the cubic Borwein-Borwein algorithm for computing 1/Pi.
3
6, 22, 71, 218, 659, 1985, 5963, 17898, 53704, 161124, 483384, 1450164, 4350505, 13051531, 39154610, 117463847, 301029987, 301029987
OFFSET
1,1
REFERENCES
J. M. Borwein and P. B. Borwein, Pi and the AGM, Wiley, 1987.
LINKS
D. H. Bailey, J. M. Borwein, P. B. Borwein, and S. Plouffe, The Quest for Pi, Mathematical Intelligencer, vol. 19, no. 1 (Jan. 1997), 50-57.
Lucas A. Brown, Python program.
Doron Zeilberger, Jonathan Borwein (1951-2016), a PiONEER of Experimental Mathematics, Experimental Mathematics Seminar, Rutgers University, Sep 15 2016.
CROSSREFS
Sequence in context: A351648 A171495 A178706 * A159555 A032195 A217530
KEYWORD
nonn,hard,more
AUTHOR
Doron Zeilberger, Sep 18 2016
EXTENSIONS
Revised definition and terms a(11)-a(18) from Lucas A. Brown, May 05 2023
STATUS
approved