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A059973 Based on fact that third root ( 2 +/- 1 sqrt(5) ) = sixth root ( 9 +/- 4 sqrt(5) ) = ninth root (38 +/- 17 sqrt(5)) = ... = phi or 1/phi, where phi is the golden ratio. +0
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1, 2, 4, 9, 17, 38, 72, 161, 305, 682, 1292, 2889, 5473, 12238, 23184, 51841, 98209, 219602, 416020, 930249, 1762289, 3940598, 7465176, 16692641, 31622993, 70711162, 133957148, 299537289, 567451585, 1268860318, 2403763488 (list; graph; listen)
OFFSET

0,2

COMMENT

Osler gives the first three of the above equalities with phi on page 27, stating they are simplified expressions from Ramanujan, but without hinting that the series continues.

Bisections: A001076 and A001077.

LINKS

Thomas J. Osler, Cardan polynomials and the reduction of radicals, Mathematics Magazine, Vol. 47, No. 1, (2001), pp. 26-32.

FORMULA

G.f.: (1 + 2x + x^3)/(1 - 4x^2 - x^4).

CROSSREFS

A000045 (Fibonacci Numbers).

Sequence in context: A115451 A077931 A136326 this_sequence A030035 A123431 A049961

Adjacent sequences: A059970 A059971 A059972 this_sequence A059974 A059975 A059976

KEYWORD

easy,nonn

AUTHOR

H. Peter Aleff (hpaleff(AT)earthlink.net), Mar 05 2001

EXTENSIONS

Edited by Randall L. Rathbun, Jan 11, 2002

More terms from Sascha Kurz (sascha.kurz(AT)uni-bayreuth.de), Jan 31 2003

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