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A248042 Denominators of approximation to 2^(1/3) by Newton's method after n iterations.

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%I A248042 #18 Feb 16 2025 08:33:23
%S A248042 1,3,72,894348,1703358734191174242
%N A248042 Denominators of approximation to 2^(1/3) by Newton's method after n iterations.
%C A248042 Numerators are given in A248041.
%H A248042 Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, <a href="https://mathworld.wolfram.com/CubeRoot.html">Cube Root</a>
%H A248042 Wikipedia, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cube_root">Cube Root</a>
%F A248042 a(n) = y(n)/gcd(x(n),y(n))
%F A248042 where x(n) = 2*(A248041(n-1)^3*a(n-1)^2 + a(n-1)^5)
%F A248042 and y(n) = 3*A248041(n-1)^2*a(n-1)^3;
%F A248042 x(0) = y(0) = 1.
%e A248042 Approximations to 2^(1/3):
%e A248042 n = 1:            4/3 = 1.33333...; error = 0.07341...
%e A248042 n = 2:          91/72 = 1.26388...; error = 0.00396...
%e A248042 n = 3: 1126819/894348 = 1.25993...; error = 0.00001...
%e A248042 ...
%Y A248042 Cf. A002580, A248041.
%K A248042 nonn,frac
%O A248042 0,2
%A A248042 _Kival Ngaokrajang_, Jan 11 2015