Continued Fractions With Square Numerators
Leroy Quet
qq-quet at mindspring.com
Mon Sep 12 19:19:10 CEST 2005
Define an integer sequence as follows:
a(1) = 1.
a(n) is the lowest positive integer such that the continued fraction
[a(1);a(2),a(3),...,a(n)]
is equal to a rational with a square numerator.
The sequence begins:
1, 3, 2, 5,...
So, for example, to get the fourth term, we have the continued fraction
[1; 3, 2, m],
and we want to find the lowest positive integer m such that the ratio
has a square numerator.
[1; 3, 2, 5] = 49/38.
Is this sequence in the EIS?
(http://www.research.att.com/~njas/sequences/index.html#L)
Could someone please calculate/submit its terms if it is not yet in the
EIS.
(And I am just assuming it is an infinite sequence. Is it?)
And what, I wonder, is the infinite continued fraction (almost) equal to
numerically?
thanks,
Leroy Quet
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