A220393 A modified Engel expansion of Pi.
1, 1, 1, 8, 14, 2, 2, 3, 4, 5, 96, 115, 8, 2, 2, 2, 81, 160, 2, 6, 355, 140, 4, 12, 6, 2, 2, 3, 4, 3, 46, 66, 4, 2, 9, 16, 3, 4, 3, 4, 2, 2, 4, 9, 4, 2, 4, 33, 20, 2, 3, 4, 2, 2
Offset: 1
Links
- Peter Bala, A modified Engel expansion
- Wikipedia, Engel Expansion
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Formula
Let x = Pi - 3. Then a(1) = a(2) = a(3) = 1, a(4) = ceiling(1/x) and, for n >= 1, a(n+4) = floor(1/h^(n-1)(x))*ceiling(1/h^(n)(x)).
Put P(n) = Product_{k = 1..n} a(k). Then we have the Egyptian fraction series expansion Pi = Sum_{n>=1} 1/P(n) = 1/1 + 1/1 + 1/1 + 1/8 + 1/(8*14) + 1/(8*14*2) + 1/(8*14*2*2) + .... For n >= 4, the error made in truncating this series to n terms is less than the n-th term.
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