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A122416 Numbers from an irrationality measure for e, with a(1) = 2. +0
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2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 4, 8, 5, 7, 6, 12, 5, 14, 8, 6, 7, 18, 7, 20, 6, 8, 12, 24, 5, 11, 14, 10, 8, 30, 6, 32, 9, 12, 18, 8, 7, 38, 20, 14, 6, 42, 8, 44, 12, 7, 24, 48, 7, 15, 11, 18, 14, 54, 10, 12, 8, 20, 30, 60, 6, 62, 32, 8, 9, 14, 12, 68, 18, 24, 8, 72, 7, 74, 38, 11, 20, 12, 14, 80, 7, 10 (list; graph; listen)
OFFSET

1,1

COMMENT

If n > 1, then a(n)! is the smallest factorial such that |e - m/n| > 1/a(n)! for any integer m.

a(n)! is the second smallest factorial divisible by n.

REFERENCES

J. Sondow, A geometric proof that e is irrational and a new measure of its irrationality, Amer. Math. Monthly 113 (2006) 637-641.

LINKS

I ndex entries for sequences related to factorial numbers.

FORMULA

a(n) = A002034(n)+1.

EXAMPLE

a(6) = S(6)+1 = 3+1 = 4.

CROSSREFS

Cf. A001113, A002034, A092495, A122417.

Sequence in context: A096894 A097751 A070667 this_sequence A134665 A063260 A073793

Adjacent sequences: A122413 A122414 A122415 this_sequence A122417 A122418 A122419

KEYWORD

nonn

AUTHOR

Jonathan Sondow (jsondow(AT)alumni.princeton.edu), Sep 03 2006

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