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A084765 a(n)=2a(n-1)^2-1, a(0)=1, a(1)=5. +0
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1, 5, 49, 4801, 46099201, 4250272665676801, 36129635465198759610694779187201, 2610701117696295981568349760414651575095962187244375364404428801 (list; graph; listen)
OFFSET

0,2

COMMENT

Product((1+1/a(k)), k=1,..,n) converges to sqrt(3/2).

A subsequence of A001079 (cf. formula), which must contain any prime occurring in A001079. The initial term a(0)=1 seems rather unnatural; using the recurrence relation it would yield the constant sequence 1,1,1,... Note that this sequence corresponds to sequence b(n) in Shallit's paper, which starts only at offset n=1. [From M. F. Hasler (MHasler(AT)univ-ag.fr), Sep 27 2009]

REFERENCES

H. S. Wilf, Limit of a sequence, Elementary Problem E 1093, Amer. Math. Monthly 61 (1954), 424-425

LINKS

J. O. Shallit, Rational numbers with non-terminating, non-periodic modified Engel-type expansions, Fib. Quart., 31 (1993), 37-40.

FORMULA

With a=5+2sqrt(6), b=5-2sqrt(6): a(n+1)=(a^(2^n)+b^(2^n))/2.

A084765(n+1)=A001079(2^n). [From M. F. Hasler (MHasler(AT)univ-ag.fr), Sep 27 2009]

MATHEMATICA

For n>0: b[n_] := b[n] = 2 b[n - 1]^2 - 1; b[1] = 5 Table[b[n], {n, 1, 8}]

CROSSREFS

Cf. A084764.

Sequence in context: A001819 A064618 A075986 this_sequence A082795 A059008 A136890

Adjacent sequences: A084762 A084763 A084764 this_sequence A084766 A084767 A084768

KEYWORD

easy,nonn

AUTHOR

Mario Catalani (mario.catalani(AT)unito.it), Jun 04 2003

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