A247781 Least k such that 1/e - (1 - 1/k)^k < 1/n.
1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 11, 11, 11, 11, 11, 12, 12, 12, 12, 12, 13, 13, 13, 13, 13, 13, 14, 14, 14, 14, 14, 15, 15, 15
Offset: 1
Examples
The values of 1/e - (1 - 1/k)^k for n = 1..9 are approximately 0.367879, 0.117879, 0.0715831, 0.0514732, 0.0401994, 0.0329815, 0.0279628, 0.0242705, 0.02144, from which we see that the first 9 terms of A247781 are 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 3.
Links
- Clark Kimberling, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..5000
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