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A085422 A sequence analogous to the Lucas numbers (A000032), with ratios converging to Pi.

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%I A085422 #8 Feb 10 2014 01:24:04
%S A085422 -1,2,4,13,40,125,392,1231,3867,12148,38164,119895,376661,1183315,
%T A085422 3717493,11678848,36690183,115265609,362117590,1137625960,3573957358,
%U A085422 11227918180,35273545269,110815110683,348135937628,1093701304102
%N A085422 A sequence analogous to the Lucas numbers (A000032), with ratios converging to Pi.
%C A085422 The Lucas numbers have 1 = phi - 1/phi where this sequence has k and the ratios of the Lucas numbers converge to phi.
%F A085422 a(0) = -1, a(1) = 2, a(n+2) = floor[k*a(n+1)+a(n)], where k = Pi - 1/Pi = 2.82328276....
%F A085422 Lim(n->inf) a(n)/a(n-1) = Pi.
%e A085422 a(5) = floor[(Pi - 1/Pi)*40+13] = 125.
%Y A085422 Cf. A000032.
%K A085422 sign,easy
%O A085422 0,2
%A A085422 _Gary W. Adamson_, Jun 29 2003
%E A085422 Edited and extended by _David Wasserman_, Feb 01 2005