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A248041 Numerators of approximation to 2^(1/3) by Newton's method after n iterations.

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%I A248041 #20 Feb 16 2025 08:33:23
%S A248041 1,4,91,1126819,2146097524939083451
%N A248041 Numerators of approximation to 2^(1/3) by Newton's method after n iterations.
%C A248041 Denominators are given in A248042.
%H A248041 Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, <a href="https://mathworld.wolfram.com/CubeRoot.html">Cube Root</a>
%H A248041 Wikipedia, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cube_root">Cube Root</a>
%F A248041 a(n) = x(n)/gcd(x(n),y(n))
%F A248041 where x(n) = 2*(a(n-1)^3*A248042(n-1)^2 + A248042(n-1)^5)
%F A248041 and y(n) = 3*a(n-1)^2*A248042(n-1)^3;
%F A248041 x(0) = y(0) = 1.
%e A248041 Approximations to 2^(1/3):
%e A248041 n = 1:            4/3 = 1.33333...; error = 0.07341...
%e A248041 n = 2:          91/72 = 1.26388...; error = 0.00396...
%e A248041 n = 3: 1126819/894348 = 1.25993...; error = 0.00001...
%e A248041 ...
%Y A248041 Cf. A002580, A248042.
%K A248041 nonn,frac
%O A248041 0,2
%A A248041 _Kival Ngaokrajang_, Jan 11 2015