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A319749 a(n) is the numerator of the Heron sequence with h(0)=3.

3, 11, 119, 14159, 200477279, 40191139395243839, 1615327685887921300502934267457919, 2609283532796026943395592527806764363779539144932833602430435810559

Offset: 0

Paul Weisenhorn, Sep 27 2018

The denominator of the Heron sequence is in A319750.
The following relationship holds between the numerator of the Heron sequence and the numerator of the continued fraction A041018(n)/A041019(n) convergent to sqrt(13).
n even: a(n)=A041018((5*2^n-5)/3).
n  odd: a(n)=A041018((5*2^n-1)/3).
More generally, all numbers c(n)=A078370(n)=(2n+1)^2+4 have the same relationship between the numerator of the Heron sequence and the numerator of the continued fraction convergent to 2n+1.
sqrt(c(n)) has the continued fraction 2n+1; n,1,1,n,4n+2.
hn(n)^2-c(n)*hd(n)^2=4 for n>1.
From Peter Bala, Mar 29 2022: (Start)
Applying Heron's method (sometimes called the Babylonian method) to approximate the square root of the function x^2 + 4, starting with a guess equal to x, produces the sequence of rational functions [x, 2*T(1,(x^2+2)/2)/x, 2*T(2,(x^2+2)/2)/( 2*x*T(1,(x^2+2)/2) ), 2*T(4,(x^2+2)/2)/( 4*x*T(1,(x^2+2)/2)*T(2,(x^2+2)/2) ), 2*T(8,(x^2+2)/2)/( 8*x*T(1,(x^2+2)/2)*T(2,(x^2+2)/2)*T(4,(x^2+2)/2) ), ...], where T(n,x) denotes the n-th Chebyshev polynomial of the first kind. The present sequence is the case x = 3. Cf. A001566 and A058635 (case x = 1), A081459 and A081460 (essentially the case x = 4). (End)

			A078370(2)=29.
hn(0)=A041046(0)=5; hn(1)=A041046(3)=27; hn(2)=A041046(5)=727;
hn(3)=A041046(13)=528527.

P. Liardet and P. Stambul, Séries d'Engel et fractions continuées, Journal de Théorie des Nombres de Bordeaux 12 (2000), 37-68.
Wikipedia, Engel Expansion
Wikipedia, Methods of computing square roots
Index entries for sequences of form a(n+1)=a(n)^2 + ...

2*T(2^n,x/2) modulo differences of offset: A001566 (x = 3 and x = 7), A003010 (x = 4), A003487 (x = 5), A003423 (x = 6), A346625 (x = 8), A135927 (x = 10), A228933 (x = 18).

Cf. A041018, A041019, A057076, A078370, A081459, A010122, A319750, A041046.

hn[0]:=3:  hd[0]:=1:
for n from 1 to 6 do
hn[n]:=(hn[n-1]^2+13*hd[n-1]^2)/2:
hd[n]:=hn[n-1]*hd[n-1]:
   printf("%5d%40d%40d\n", n, hn[n], hd[n]):
end do:
#alternative program
a := n -> if n = 0 then 3 else simplify( 2*ChebyshevT(2^(n-1), 11/2) ) end if:
seq(a(n), n = 0..7); # Peter Bala, Mar 16 2022

def aupton(nn):
    hn, hd, alst = 3, 1, [3]
    for n in range(nn):
        hn, hd = (hn**2 + 13*hd**2)//2, hn*hd
        alst.append(hn)
    return alst
print(aupton(7)) # Michael S. Branicky, Mar 16 2022

h(n) = hn(n)/hd(n); hn(0)=3; hd(0)=1.
hn(n+1) = (hn(n)^2+13*hd(n)^2)/2.
hd(n+1) = hn(n)*hd(n).
A041018(n) = A010122(n)*A041018(n-1) + A041018(n-2).
A041019(n) = A010122(n)*A041019(n-1) + A041019(n-2).
From Peter Bala, Mar 16 2022: (Start)
a(n) = 2*T(2^(n-1),11/2) for n >= 1, where T(n,x) denotes the n-th Chebyshev polynomial of the first kind.
a(n) = 2*T(2^n, 3*sqrt(-1)/2) for n >= 2.
a(n) = ((11 + 3*sqrt(13))/2)^(2^(n-1)) + ((11 - 3*sqrt(13))/2)^(2^(n-1)) for n >= 1.
a(n+1) = a(n)^2 - 2 for n >= 1.
a(n) = A057076(2^(n-1)) for n >= 1.
Engel expansion of (1/6)*(13 - 3*sqrt(13)); that is, (1/6)*(13 - 3*sqrt(13)) = 1/3 + 1/(3*11) + 1/(3*11*119) + .... (Define L(n) = (1/2)*(n - sqrt(n^2 - 4)) for n >= 2 and show L(n) = 1/n + L(n^2-2)/n. Iterate this relation with n = 11. See also Liardet and Stambul, Section 4.)
sqrt(13) = 6*Product_{n >= 0} (1 - 1/a(n)).
sqrt(13) = (9/5)*Product_{n >= 0} (1 + 2/a(n)). See A001566. (End)

a(6) and a(7) added by Peter Bala, Mar 16 2022

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A319749 a(n) is the numerator of the Heron sequence with h(0)=3.

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