[seqfan] Re: A172074

[Maximilian Hasler]

On Fri, Sep 9, 2011 at 10:01 PM,  <franktaw at netscape.net> wrote:
> https://oeis.org/A172074 (Continued fraction to calculate digits of the
> golden ratio.)
>
> I can't read Mathematica well enough to figure out what number this is the
> continued fraction for. (It isn't sqrt(12500).)

unless the initial 161 is changed to 111.

Maximilian



>
> Second, how does this relate to the golden ratio? There is no explanation or
> reference. (It appears the number approximates 100*phi, but there's still no
> detail - how accurate (actually equal?), how is the sequence of
> approximations derived, etc. etc.)
>
> Franklin T. Adams-Watters
>
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