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A319749 a(n) is the numerator of the Heron sequence with h(0)=3. 1
3, 11, 119, 14159, 200477279, 40191139395243839, 1615327685887921300502934267457919, 2609283532796026943395592527806764363779539144932833602430435810559 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; text; internal format)
OFFSET
0,1
COMMENTS
The denominator of the Heron sequence is in A319750.
The following relationship holds between the numerator of the Heron sequence and the numerator of the continued fraction A041018(n)/A041019(n) convergent to sqrt(13).
n even: a(n)=A041018((5*2^n-5)/3).
n odd: a(n)=A041018((5*2^n-1)/3).
More generally, all numbers c(n)=A078370(n)=(2n+1)^2+4 have the same relationship between the numerator of the Heron sequence and the numerator of the continued fraction convergent to 2n+1.
sqrt(c(n)) has the continued fraction 2n+1; n,1,1,n,4n+2.
hn(n)^2-c(n)*hd(n)^2=4 for n>1.
From Peter Bala, Mar 29 2022: (Start)
Applying Heron's method (sometimes called the Babylonian method) to approximate the square root of the function x^2 + 4, starting with a guess equal to x, produces the sequence of rational functions [x, 2*T(1,(x^2+2)/2)/x, 2*T(2,(x^2+2)/2)/( 2*x*T(1,(x^2+2)/2) ), 2*T(4,(x^2+2)/2)/( 4*x*T(1,(x^2+2)/2)*T(2,(x^2+2)/2) ), 2*T(8,(x^2+2)/2)/( 8*x*T(1,(x^2+2)/2)*T(2,(x^2+2)/2)*T(4,(x^2+2)/2) ), ...], where T(n,x) denotes the n-th Chebyshev polynomial of the first kind. The present sequence is the case x = 3. Cf. A001566 and A058635 (case x = 1), A081459 and A081460 (essentially the case x = 4). (End)
LINKS
P. Liardet and P. Stambul, Séries d'Engel et fractions continuées, Journal de Théorie des Nombres de Bordeaux 12 (2000), 37-68.
Wikipedia, Engel Expansion
FORMULA
h(n) = hn(n)/hd(n); hn(0)=3; hd(0)=1.
hn(n+1) = (hn(n)^2+13*hd(n)^2)/2.
hd(n+1) = hn(n)*hd(n).
A041018(n) = A010122(n)*A041018(n-1) + A041018(n-2).
A041019(n) = A010122(n)*A041019(n-1) + A041019(n-2).
From Peter Bala, Mar 16 2022: (Start)
a(n) = 2*T(2^(n-1),11/2) for n >= 1, where T(n,x) denotes the n-th Chebyshev polynomial of the first kind.
a(n) = 2*T(2^n, 3*sqrt(-1)/2) for n >= 2.
a(n) = ((11 + 3*sqrt(13))/2)^(2^(n-1)) + ((11 - 3*sqrt(13))/2)^(2^(n-1)) for n >= 1.
a(n+1) = a(n)^2 - 2 for n >= 1.
a(n) = A057076(2^(n-1)) for n >= 1.
Engel expansion of (1/6)*(13 - 3*sqrt(13)); that is, (1/6)*(13 - 3*sqrt(13)) = 1/3 + 1/(3*11) + 1/(3*11*119) + .... (Define L(n) = (1/2)*(n - sqrt(n^2 - 4)) for n >= 2 and show L(n) = 1/n + L(n^2-2)/n. Iterate this relation with n = 11. See also Liardet and Stambul, Section 4.)
sqrt(13) = 6*Product_{n >= 0} (1 - 1/a(n)).
sqrt(13) = (9/5)*Product_{n >= 0} (1 + 2/a(n)). See A001566. (End)
EXAMPLE
A078370(2)=29.
hn(0)=A041046(0)=5; hn(1)=A041046(3)=27; hn(2)=A041046(5)=727;
hn(3)=A041046(13)=528527.
MAPLE
hn[0]:=3: hd[0]:=1:
for n from 1 to 6 do
hn[n]:=(hn[n-1]^2+13*hd[n-1]^2)/2:
hd[n]:=hn[n-1]*hd[n-1]:
printf("%5d%40d%40d\n", n, hn[n], hd[n]):
end do:
#alternative program
a := n -> if n = 0 then 3 else simplify( 2*ChebyshevT(2^(n-1), 11/2) ) end if:
seq(a(n), n = 0..7); # Peter Bala, Mar 16 2022
PROG
(Python)
def aupton(nn):
hn, hd, alst = 3, 1, [3]
for n in range(nn):
hn, hd = (hn**2 + 13*hd**2)//2, hn*hd
alst.append(hn)
return alst
print(aupton(7)) # Michael S. Branicky, Mar 16 2022
CROSSREFS
2*T(2^n,x/2) modulo differences of offset: A001566 (x = 3 and x = 7), A003010 (x = 4), A003487 (x = 5), A003423 (x = 6), A346625 (x = 8), A135927 (x = 10), A228933 (x = 18).
Sequence in context: A068693 A036930 A198085 * A209107 A015047 A339326
KEYWORD
nonn,frac,easy
AUTHOR
Paul Weisenhorn, Sep 27 2018
EXTENSIONS
a(6) and a(7) added by Peter Bala, Mar 16 2022
STATUS
approved

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