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A156736 Signed greedy Egyptian fraction for Pi/2.

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%I A156736 #7 Jun 02 2025 01:22:52
%S A156736 1,2,14,-1582,-7497258,303297921775458,
%T A156736 -2646995089135122277190614296178,
%U A156736 82888930564911423983289917045230098319343306166666586941750246
%N A156736 Signed greedy Egyptian fraction for Pi/2.
%C A156736 The second and fourth convergents of Pi (22/7 and 355/113) appear when truncating the series to three and four terms.
%H A156736 Wikipedia, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greedy_algorithm_for_Egyptian_fractions">Greedy algorithm for Egyptian fractions</a>
%F A156736 Sum(n>=0,1/a(n))=Pi/2.
%F A156736 a(n) = 2*A001467(n+1). - R. J. Mathar, Apr 02 2011
%e A156736 1+1/2+1/14=11/7=(1/2)(22/7)
%e A156736 1+1/2+1/14-1/1582=355/226=(1/2)(355/113)
%o A156736 (PARI) x=Pi/2; for (k=0,7, d=round(1/x); x=x-1/d; print1(d,", "))
%Y A156736 Cf. A001466, A156269, A156618.
%Y A156736 Cf. A156750. [From _Jaume Oliver Lafont_, Mar 03 2009]
%K A156736 sign
%O A156736 0,2
%A A156736 _Jaume Oliver Lafont_, Feb 14 2009