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A010121 Continued fraction for sqrt(7).

2, 1, 1, 1, 4, 1, 1, 1, 4, 1, 1, 1, 4, 1, 1, 1, 4, 1, 1, 1, 4, 1, 1, 1, 4, 1, 1, 1, 4, 1, 1, 1, 4, 1, 1, 1, 4, 1, 1, 1, 4, 1, 1, 1, 4, 1, 1, 1, 4, 1, 1, 1, 4, 1, 1, 1, 4, 1, 1, 1, 4, 1, 1, 1, 4, 1, 1, 1, 4, 1, 1, 1, 4, 1, 1, 1, 4, 1, 1, 1, 4

Offset: 0

N. J. A. Sloane

This is a basic member of a family of 4-periodic multiplicative sequences with two parameters (c1,c2), defined for n >= 1 by a(n)=1 if n is odd, a(n)=c1 if n == 0 (mod 4) and a(n)=c2 if n == 2 (mod 4). Here, (c1,c2)=(4,1).
The Dirichlet generating function is (1+(c2-1)/2^s+(c1-c2)/4^s)*zeta(s).
Other members are A010123 with parameters (6,2), A010127 (8,3), A010130 (10,1), A010131 (10,2), A010132 (10,4), A010137 (12,5), A010146 (14,6), A089146 (4,8), A109008 (4,2), A112132 (7,3). If c1=c2, this reduces to the cases discussed in A040001. - R. J. Mathar, Feb 18 2011

			2.645751311064590590501615753...  = A010465 = 2 + 1/(1 + 1/(1 + 1/(1 + 1/(4 + ...)))).

James J. Tattersall, Elementary Number Theory in Nine Chapters, Cambridge University Press, 1999, page 276.

Harry J. Smith, Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..20000
C. Elsner, Series of Error Terms for Rational Approximations of Irrational Numbers, J. Int. Seq. 14 (2011) # 11.1.4, example 5.
G. Xiao, Contfrac
Index entries for continued fractions for constants
Index entries for linear recurrences with constant coefficients, signature (0,0,0,1).

Cf. A010465 (decimal expansion).

ContinuedFraction[Sqrt[7],300] (* Vladimir Joseph Stephan Orlovsky, Mar 04 2011 *)
CoefficientList[Series[(2 x^2 + 3 x + 2) (x^2 - x + 1) / ((1 - x) (1 + x) (x^2 + 1)), {x, 0, 100}], x] (* Vincenzo Librandi, Nov 26 2016 *)
PadRight[{2},120,{4,1,1,1}] (* Harvey P. Dale, Nov 30 2019 *)

{ allocatemem(932245000); default(realprecision, 13000); x=contfrac(sqrt(7)); for (n=0, 20000, write("b010121.txt", n, " ", x[n+1])); } \\ Harry J. Smith, Jun 01 2009

From R. J. Mathar, Jun 17 2009: (Start)
G.f.: -(2*x^2+3*x+2)*(x^2-x+1)/((x-1)*(1+x)*(x^2+1)).
a(n) = a(n-4), n > 4. (End)
a(n) = (7 + 3*(-1)^n + 3*(-i)^n + 3*i^n)/4, n > 0, where i is the imaginary unit. - Bruno Berselli, Feb 18 2011

A112086 a(n) = the period of the first differences of the n-th row of A112060 (or A112070), or 0 if that row does not have a periodic first difference.

Original entry on oeis.org

2, 4, 6, 16, 72, 420, 3240

Offset: 1

Antti Karttunen, Aug 28 2005

These values have been computed empirically. An independent recomputation or a mathematical proof would be welcome. The initial terms factored: 2, 2*2, 2*3, 2*2*2*3*3, 2*2*7*3*5, 2*2*2*3*3*3*3*5, ...

These are the periods of A010684, A112132, A112133, A112134, A112135, A112136, A112137, etc. (Periods of A112138 & A112139 not computed yet.) If we sum the period length prefixes of these sequences, as Sum_{i=1..a(1)} A010684(i), Sum_{i=1..a(2)} A112132(i), Sum_{i=1..a(3)} A112133(i), etc., we get the sequence 4, 12, 60, 420, 4620, 60060, 1021020, ... (cf. A097250) and when doubled, it yields: 8, 24, 120, 840, 9240, 120120, 2042040, ... (cf. A066631 and A102476).

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A010121 Continued fraction for sqrt(7).

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