A077772 Continued fraction expansion of the ternary Champernowne constant.

0, 1, 1, 2, 37, 1, 162, 1, 1, 1, 3, 1, 7, 1, 9, 2, 3, 1, 3068518062211324, 2, 1, 2, 6, 13, 1, 2, 1, 3, 1, 10, 1, 21, 1, 1, 4, 3, 577, 1, 1079268324684171943515797470873767312825026176345571319042096689270, 1, 1, 1, 3, 4, 21, 3, 1, 9, 1

Offset: 0

Author

Eric W. Weisstein, Nov 15 2002

Keywords

• nonn
• base
• cofr

Links

• John K. Sikora, Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..2061 (terms n = 0..1155 from Robert G. Wilson v)
• J. K. Sikora, The first 2982556 terms of the CFE of the ternary Champernowne Constant (141 MB zipped)
• Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Ternary Champernowne Constant

Crossrefs

Cf. A054635 (ternary digits), A077771 (decimals).

Cf. A030190, A066716, A066717: binary digits, decimals and continued fraction of the binary Champernowne constant; A033307: decimal Champernowne constant.

Programs

Mathematica

almostNatural[n_, b_] :=  Block[{m = 0, d = n, i = 1, l, p}, While[m <= d, l = m; m = (b - 1) i*b^(i - 1) + l; i++]; i--; p = Mod[d - l, i]; q = Floor[(d - l)/i] + b^(i - 1); If[p != 0, IntegerDigits[q, b][[p]], Mod[q - 1, b]]]; Take[ ContinuedFraction[ FromDigits[ {Array[almostNatural[#, 3] &, 20000], 0}, 3]], 100] (* Robert G. Wilson v, Jul 21 2014 *)

PARI

\p 10000
t=0;r=0.;T=1; for(n=1,1e6,d=#digits(n,3);t+=d;T*=3^d;r+=n/T;if(t>20959, return)); v=contfrac(r); v[1..30] \\ Charles R Greathouse IV, Sep 23 2014

PARI

A077772(b=3,t=1.,s=b)={contfrac(sum(n=1,default(realprecision)*2.303/log(b)+1, nM. F. Hasler, Oct 25 2019