A059184 Engel expansion of 1/log(10) = 0.434294....

3, 4, 5, 18, 27, 37, 415, 445, 1812, 2475, 3928, 6707, 14673, 65863, 89033, 265841, 1293955, 1525697, 2541166, 7906280, 107955268, 154190828, 887303031, 1767107652, 3068165143, 3209500563, 92762706640, 147991352023

Offset: 1

Author

Mitch Harris

Keywords

• nonn
• easy
• nice

Comments

Cf. A006784 for definition of Engel expansion.

References

• F. Engel, Entwicklung der Zahlen nach Stammbruechen, Verhandlungen der 52. Versammlung deutscher Philologen und Schulmaenner in Marburg, 1913, pp. 190-191.

Links

• G. C. Greubel, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..1000
• F. Engel, Entwicklung der Zahlen nach Stammbruechen, Verhandlungen der 52. Versammlung deutscher Philologen und Schulmaenner in Marburg, 1913, pp. 190-191. English translation by Georg Fischer, included with his permission.
• P. Erdős and Jeffrey Shallit, New bounds on the length of finite Pierce and Engel series, Sem. Theor. Nombres Bordeaux (2) 3 (1991), no. 1, 43-53.
• Index entries for sequences related to Engel expansions

Crossrefs

Cf. A002285 (1/log(10)).

Programs

Mathematica

EngelExp[A_, n_] := Join[Array[1 &, Floor[A]], First@Transpose@
NestList[{Ceiling[1/Expand[#[[1]] #[[2]] - 1]], Expand[#[[1]] #[[2]] - 1]/1} &, {Ceiling[1/(A - Floor[A])], (A - Floor[A])/1}, n - 1]];
EngelExp[N[1/Log[10], 7!], 100] (* Modified by G. C. Greubel, Dec 27 2016 *)