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A059176 Engel expansion of sqrt(5) = 2.23607. +0
2
1, 1, 5, 6, 13, 16, 16, 38, 48, 58, 104, 177, 263, 332, 389, 4102, 4575, 5081, 9962, 18316, 86613, 233239, 342534, 964372, 1452850, 7037119, 7339713, 8270361, 12855437, 15900982, 19211148, 1365302354, 1565752087, 1731612283 (list; graph; listen)
OFFSET

1,3

COMMENT

Cf. A006784 for definition of Engel expansion

REFERENCES

F. Engel, Entwicklung der Zahlen nach Stammbruechen, Verhandlungen der 52. Versammlung deutscher Philologen und Schulmaenner in Marburg, 1913, pp. 190-191.

P. Erdos and J. O. Shallit, New bounds on the length of finite Pierce and Engel series, Sem. Theor. Nombres Bordeaux (2) 3 (1991), no.1, 43-53.

LINKS

Index entries for sequences related to Engel expansions

MATHEMATICA

EngelExp[ A_, n_ ] := Join[ Array[ 1&, Floor[ A ] ], First@Transpose@NestList[ {Ceiling[ 1/Expand[ #[ [ 1 ] ]#[ [ 2 ] ]-1 ] ], Expand[ #[ [ 1 ] ]#[ [ 2 ] ]-1 ]}&, {Ceiling[ 1/(A-Floor[ A ]) ], A-Floor[ A ]}, n-1 ] ]

CROSSREFS

Cf. A028259. [From R. J. Mathar (mathar(AT)strw.leidenuniv.nl), Jan 30 2009]

Sequence in context: A047436 A061437 A067245 this_sequence A030356 A138937 A099330

Adjacent sequences: A059173 A059174 A059175 this_sequence A059177 A059178 A059179

KEYWORD

nonn,easy,nice

AUTHOR

Mitch Harris (Harris.Mitchell(AT)mgh.harvard.edu)

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