A265780 Numerators of upper primes-only best approximates (POBAs) to sqrt(3); see Comments.

5, 7, 11, 13, 23, 83, 103, 127, 137, 227, 809, 1093, 1571, 4273, 5333, 16141, 20627, 41519, 56813, 111913

Offset: 1

Author

Clark Kimberling, Dec 23 2015

Keywords

• nonn
• frac
• more

Comments

Suppose that x > 0. A fraction p/q of primes is an upper primes-only best approximate, and we write "p/q is in U(x)", if p'/q < x < p/q < u/v for all primes u and v such that v < q, where p' is greatest prime < p in case p >= 3.

Let q(1) = 2 and let p(1) be the least prime >= x. The sequence U(x) follows inductively: for n >= 1, let q(n) is the least prime q such that x < p/q < p(n)/q(n) for some prime p. Let q(n+1) = q and let p(n+1) be the least prime p such that x < p/q < p(n)/q(n).

For a guide to POBAs, lower POBAs, and upper POBAs, see A265759.

Crossrefs

Cf. A000040, A265759, A265778, A265779, A265781, A265782, A265783.

Programs

Mathematica

x = Sqrt[3]; 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, A265782/A265783 *)
Numerator[tL]   (* A265778 *)
Denominator[tL] (* A265779 *)
Numerator[tU]   (* A265780 *)
Denominator[tU] (* A265781 *)
Numerator[y]    (* A262582 *)
Denominator[y]  (* A265783 *)

Formula

The upper POBAs to sqrt(3) start with 5/2, 7/3, 11/5, 13/7, 23/13, 83/47, 103/59. For example, if p and q are primes and q > 47, and p/q > sqrt(3), then 83/47 is closer to sqrt(3) than p/q is.

Extensions

a(16)-a(20) from Robert Price, Apr 05 2019