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%I A081780 #20 Apr 24 2025 17:47:38 %S A081780 1,3,16,405,672320,1352290629546,4817801789405093582066881, %T A081780 125242334906904794515426191021121381708761081802849, %U A081780 48098205042808280233282792304806428848378744166690329294696649253234314988369597043479633480454760546 %N A081780 Continued cotangent for square root of 3. %F A081780 sqrt(3) = cot(Sum_{n>=0} (-1)^n*acot(a(n))). %F A081780 Let b(0) = sqrt(3), b(n) = (b(n-1)*floor(b(n-1))+1)/(b(n-1)-floor(b(n-1))) then a(n) = floor(b(n)). %t A081780 Floor[NestList[(#*Floor[#]+1)/(#-Floor[#]) &, Sqrt[3], 8]] (* _Stefano Spezia_, Apr 24 2025 *) %o A081780 (PARI) \p500 %o A081780 bn=vector(100); bn[1]=sqrt(3); b(n)=if(n<0,0,bn[n]); %o A081780 for(n=2,10,bn[n]=(b(n-1)*floor(b(n-1))+1)/(b(n-1)-floor(b(n-1)))) %o A081780 a(n)=floor(b(n+1)) %Y A081780 Cf. A002666, A002667. %K A081780 nonn %O A081780 0,2 %A A081780 _Benoit Cloitre_, Apr 10 2003