A059197 Engel expansion of Pi^e = 22.4592.

1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 3, 3, 8, 17, 111, 236, 419, 2475, 3741, 4123, 5563, 5622, 18000, 33641, 42744, 130605, 696987, 975174, 1034590, 2806140, 14026897, 14137435, 65788323, 73121589, 229261119

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..1022
• 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. A059850.

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[Pi^E, 7!], 100] (* Modified by G. C. Greubel, Dec 28 2016 *)