A265800 Numerators of primes-only best approximates (POBAs) to the golden ratio, tau; see Comments.
5, 3, 5, 11, 31, 37, 47, 157, 571, 911, 1021, 1487, 2351, 3571, 24709, 25463, 69247, 80803
Offset: 1
Examples
The POBAs to tau start with 5/2, 3/2, 5/3, 11/7, 31/19, 37/23, 47/29, 157/97, 571/353, 911/563. For example, if p and q are primes and q > 29, then 47/29 is closer to tau than p/q is.
Programs
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Mathematica
x = GoldenRatio; z = 1000; p[k_] := p[k] = Prime[k]; t = Table[Max[Table[NextPrime[x*p[k], -1]/p[k], {k, 1, n}]], {n, 1, z}]; d = DeleteDuplicates[t]; tL = Select[d, # > 0 &] (* lower POBA *) t = Table[Min[Table[NextPrime[x*p[k]]/p[k], {k, 1, n}]], {n, 1, z}]; d = DeleteDuplicates[t]; tU = Select[d, # > 0 &] (* upper POBA *) v = Sort[Union[tL, tU], Abs[#1 - x] > Abs[#2 - x] &]; b = Denominator[v]; s = Select[Range[Length[b]], b[[#]] == Min[Drop[b, # - 1]] &]; y = Table[v[[s[[n]]]], {n, 1, Length[s]}] (* POBA, A265800/A265801 *) Numerator[tL] (* A265796 *) Denominator[tL] (* A265797 *) Numerator[tU] (* A265798 *) Denominator[tU] (* A265799 *) Numerator[y] (* A265800 *) Denominator[y] (* A265801 *)
Extensions
a(15)-a(18) from Robert Price, Apr 06 2019
Comments