A105548 Continued fraction expansion of prime nested radical A105546.
2, 9, 1, 1, 1, 7, 3, 5, 4, 1, 1, 1, 3, 2, 2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 15, 1, 3, 1, 41, 6, 1, 3, 1, 3, 10, 1, 1, 1, 9, 9, 1, 25, 1, 3, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 1, 34, 59, 2, 2, 2, 1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 1, 5, 2, 21, 3, 4, 10, 1, 3, 20, 2, 3, 2, 1, 4, 7, 1, 6, 1, 6, 3, 4, 1, 3, 5, 6, 1, 1, 4, 1, 3, 6, 25, 7, 2, 1, 1, 2, 1, 6, 1, 1, 7, 1, 3, 2
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References
- Calvin C. Clawson, "Mathematical Mysteries, the beauty and magic of numbers," Perseus Books, Cambridge, Mass., 1996, pages 142 & 229.
Links
- Jonathan M. Borwein and G. de Barra, Nested Radicals, Amer. Math. Monthly 98, 735-739, 1991.
- J. Sondow and P. Hadjicostas, The generalized-Euler-constant function gamma(z) and a generalization of Somos's quadratic recurrence constant, J. Math. Anal. Appl., 332 (2007), 292-314; see pp. 305-306.
- Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Nested Radical Constant.
- Wikipedia, Tirukkannapuram Vijayaraghavan
Programs
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Mathematica
f[n_] := Block[{k = n, s = 0}, While[k > 0, s = Sqrt[s + k]; k-- ]; s]; ContinuedFraction[ f[100], 101]; (* Robert G. Wilson v *)
Formula
Continued fraction expansion of sqrt(2 + sqrt(3 + sqrt(5 + sqrt(7 + sqrt(11 + ... + sqrt(prime(n))))).
Extensions
Offset changed by Andrew Howroyd, Aug 03 2024
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