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A127814 a(n) = numerator of b(n), where b(1) = 2, b(n) = b(n-1) - 1/b(n-1).

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%I A127814 #21 Feb 11 2022 17:54:21
%S A127814 2,3,5,-11,779,497941,181860254581,16687694789137362648661,
%T A127814 -263439569256003706800705587722279993788907979,
%U A127814 81512663708476146329709015825571064954724426915346799560162522434680208602364731247764459
%N A127814 a(n) = numerator of b(n), where b(1) = 2, b(n) = b(n-1) - 1/b(n-1).
%C A127814 Every term of this sequence of numerators is coprime to every other term.
%H A127814 M. Chamberland and M. Martelli, <a href="https://chamberland.math.grinnell.edu/papers/mario_digits.pdf">Unbounded Orbits and Binary Digits</a>, Grinnell College.
%H A127814 Clark Kimberling, <a href="https://cs.uwaterloo.ca/journals/JIS/VOL12/Kimberling/kimberling56.html">Polynomials associated with reciprocation</a>, JIS 12 (2009) 09.3.4
%e A127814 A127814/A127815 = 2, 3/2, 5/6, -11/30, 779/330, 497941/257070, 181860254581/128005692870, ...
%t A127814 f[l_List] := Append[l, l[[ -1]] - 1/l[[ -1]]];Numerator[Nest[f, {2}, 10]] (* _Ray Chandler_, Feb 07 2007 *)
%t A127814 Numerator/@NestList[#-1/#&,2,10]  (* _Harvey P. Dale_, Apr 30 2011 *)
%Y A127814 Cf. A127815, A242995.
%K A127814 easy,frac,sign
%O A127814 1,1
%A A127814 _Leroy Quet_, Jan 30 2007
%E A127814 Extended by _Ray Chandler_, Feb 07 2007