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A296004
Decimal expansion of the limiting ratio of terms in A296003.
3
2, 9, 6, 1, 8, 4, 4, 3, 2, 4, 2, 0, 3, 0, 8, 0, 2, 7, 4, 4, 1, 2, 5, 3, 8, 5, 8, 4, 2, 9, 3, 9, 3, 1, 3, 8, 1, 5, 9, 8, 5, 8, 8, 3, 7, 0, 9, 1, 9, 8, 4, 1, 4, 5, 0, 0, 4, 1, 0, 4, 8, 8, 0, 3, 3, 2, 3, 9, 6, 2, 0, 3, 9, 8, 9, 3, 3, 1, 3, 9, 4, 1, 6, 6, 2, 4
OFFSET
1,1
COMMENTS
A296003(n)/A296003(n-1)) -> 2.961844324.....
See A296000 for a guide to related sequences and limiting ratios.
MATHEMATICA
mex[list_] := NestWhile[# + 1 &, 1, MemberQ[list, #] &];
a[0] = 2; a[1] = 4; b[0] = 1;
a[n_] := a[n] = Sum[a[k]*b[n - k - 1], {k, 0, n - 1}];
b[n_] := b[n] = mex[Flatten[Table[Join[{a[n]}, {a[i], b[i]}], {i, 0, n - 1}]]];
Table[a[n], {n, 0, 100}]; (* A296003 *)
t = N[Table[a[n]/a[n - 1], {n, 1, 500, 100}], 200]
Take[RealDigits[Last[t], 10][[1]], 100] (* A296004 *)
CROSSREFS
Sequence in context: A162916 A057273 A236558 * A108986 A011069 A010598
KEYWORD
nonn,easy,cons
AUTHOR
Clark Kimberling, Dec 07 2017
STATUS
approved