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A145559 Numerators of partial sums of a certain alternating series of inverse central binomial coefficients. +0
2
1, 11, 167, 4667, 7781, 770269, 70095379, 280380781, 14299427671, 271689093997, 229890777659, 68737342138891, 7770308251333, 893585448657907, 43189963354470841, 5355555455879234209, 10116049194470941417, 819399984751544533657, 576038189280433285982311 (list; graph; listen)
OFFSET

1,2

COMMENT

See A145560 for the denominators divided by 2.

The limit of the rational partial sums r(n), defined below, for n->infinity is 2*ln(phi)^2, with phi:=(1+sqrt(5))/2 (golden section). This limit is approximately 0.4631296414.

REFERENCES

C. Elsner, On recurrence formulae for sums involving binomial coefficients, Fib. Q., 43,1 (2005), 31-45. Eq.11, p.39.

A. J. van der Poorten, Some wonderful formulae...Footnote to Apery's proof of the irrationality of zeta(3), S\'eminaire Delange-Pisot-Poitou. Th\'eorie des nombres, tome 20, no 2 (1978-1979), exp, no 29, p.1-7. p. 29-02 Available via http://www.numdam.org/numdam-bin/qrech

R. Sprugnoli, Sums of reciprocals of the central binomial coefficients, Integers: electronic journal of combinatorial number theory, 6 (2006) #A27, 1-18.

LINKS

W. Lang, Rationals and more.

FORMULA

a(n)=numerator(r(n)) with the rationals (in lowest terms) r(n):=sum(((-1)^(k+1))/(binomial(2*k,k)*k^2),k=1..n).

EXAMPLE

Rationals r(n) (in lowest terms): [1/2, 11/24, 167/360, 4667/10080, 7781/16800, 770269/1663200, 70095379/151351200,...].

CROSSREFS

A145557/A145558.

Sequence in context: A142513 A075141 A088293 this_sequence A159968 A059091 A157944

Adjacent sequences: A145556 A145557 A145558 this_sequence A145560 A145561 A145562

KEYWORD

nonn,frac,easy

AUTHOR

Wolfdieter Lang (wolfdieter.lang(AT)physik.uni-karlsruhe.de) Oct 17 2008

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