A041083 Denominators of continued fraction convergents to sqrt(48).

1, 1, 13, 14, 181, 195, 2521, 2716, 35113, 37829, 489061, 526890, 6811741, 7338631, 94875313, 102213944, 1321442641, 1423656585, 18405321661, 19828978246, 256353060613, 276182038859, 3570537526921, 3846719565780, 49731172316281, 53577891882061

Offset: 0

Author

N. J. A. Sloane

Keywords

• nonn
• cofr
• frac
• easy

Comments

The following remarks assume an offset of 1. This is the sequence of Lehmer numbers U_n(sqrt(R),Q) for the parameters R = 12 and Q = -1; it is a strong divisibility sequence, that is, gcd(a(n),a(m)) = a(gcd(n,m)) for all positive integers n and m. Consequently, this is a divisibility sequence: if n divides m then a(n) divides a(m). - Peter Bala, May 28 2014

Links

• Vincenzo Librandi, Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..200
• Eric W. Weisstein, MathWorld: Lehmer Number
• Index entries for linear recurrences with constant coefficients, signature (0,14,0,-1).

Crossrefs

Cf. A010502, A041082, A002530.

Programs

Mathematica

Table[Denominator[FromContinuedFraction[ContinuedFraction[Sqrt[48], n]]], {n, 1, 50}] (* Vladimir Joseph Stephan Orlovsky, Jun 23 2011 *)
Denominator[Convergents[Sqrt[48], 40]] (* Vincenzo Librandi, Oct 24 2013 *)
LinearRecurrence[{0,14,0,-1},{1,1,13,14},30] (* Harvey P. Dale, Mar 15 2015 *)

Formula

From Colin Barker, Jul 15 2012: (Start)

a(n) = 14*a(n-2) - a(n-4).

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

From Peter Bala, May 28 2014: (Start)

The following remarks assume an offset of 1.

Let alpha = sqrt(3) + 2 and beta = sqrt(3) - 2 be the roots of the equation x^2 - sqrt(12)*x - 1 = 0. Then a(n) = (alpha^n - beta^n)/(alpha - beta) for n odd, while a(n) = (alpha^n - beta^n)/(alpha^2 - beta^2) for n even.

a(n) = Product_{k = 1..floor((n-1)/2)} ( 12 + 4*cos^2(k*Pi/n) ).

Recurrence equations: a(0) = 0, a(1) = 1 and for n >= 1, a(2*n) = a(2*n - 1) + a(2*n - 2) and a(2*n + 1) = 12*a(2*n) + a(2*n - 1). (End)