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A265794 Numerators of primes-only best approximates (POBAs) to sqrt(8); see Comments.

%I A265794 #10 Apr 06 2019 12:51:03
%S A265794 7,5,13,19,31,167,359,461,659,1847,2803,4517,32377,35839,199373
%N A265794 Numerators of primes-only best approximates (POBAs) to sqrt(8); see Comments.
%C A265794 Suppose that x > 0. A fraction p/q of primes is a primes-only best approximate (POBA), and we write "p/q in B(x)", if 0 < |x - p/q| < |x - u/v| for all primes u and v such that v < q, and also, |x - p/q| < |x - p'/q| for every prime p' except p. Note that for some choices of x, there are values of q for which there are two POBAs. In these cases, the greater is placed first; e.g., B(3) = (7/2, 5/2, 17/5, 13/5, 23/7, 19/7, ...). See A265759 for a guide to related sequences.
%e A265794 The POBAs to sqrt(8) start with 7/2, 5/2, 13/5, 19/7, 31/11, 167/59, 359/127, 461/163, 659/233. For example, if p and q are primes and q > 59, then 167/59 is closer to sqrt(8) than p/q is.
%t A265794 x = Sqrt[8]; z = 1000; p[k_] := p[k] = Prime[k];
%t A265794 t = Table[Max[Table[NextPrime[x*p[k], -1]/p[k], {k, 1, n}]], {n, 1, z}];
%t A265794 d = DeleteDuplicates[t]; tL = Select[d, # > 0 &] (* lower POBA *)
%t A265794 t = Table[Min[Table[NextPrime[x*p[k]]/p[k], {k, 1, n}]], {n, 1, z}];
%t A265794 d = DeleteDuplicates[t]; tU = Select[d, # > 0 &] (* upper POBA *)
%t A265794 v = Sort[Union[tL, tU], Abs[#1 - x] > Abs[#2 - x] &];
%t A265794 b = Denominator[v]; s = Select[Range[Length[b]], b[[#]] == Min[Drop[b, # - 1]] &];
%t A265794 y = Table[v[[s[[n]]]], {n, 1, Length[s]}] (* POBA, A265794/A265795 *)
%t A265794 Numerator[tL]   (* A265790 *)
%t A265794 Denominator[tL] (* A265791 *)
%t A265794 Numerator[tU]   (* A265792 *)
%t A265794 Denominator[tU] (* A265793 *)
%t A265794 Numerator[y]    (* A265794 *)
%t A265794 Denominator[y]  (* A265795 *)
%Y A265794 Cf. A000040, A265759, A265790, A265791, A265792, A265793, A265795.
%K A265794 nonn,frac,more
%O A265794 1,1
%A A265794 _Clark Kimberling_, Dec 29 2015
%E A265794 a(13)-a(15) from _Robert Price_, Apr 06 2019