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<DIV>Joseph,</DIV>
<DIV> Sorry I misspelled your name! </DIV>
<DIV>Let me also finish the statement with <FONT
face="Courier New">Benoit Cloitre's </FONT>formula for A086377(n):</DIV>
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<DIV>Given Joseph Biberstine's definition of b(n): </DIV>
<DIV>b(n) = (n-1)^2/(b(n-1) - 2*n + 3) with b(1) = 4/Pi,</DIV>
<DIV>then </DIV>
<DIV>round( b(n) ) = <FONT
face="Courier New">floor((1+sqrt(2))*n-1/sqrt(2))</FONT>
= A086377(n).</DIV></DIV>
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<DIV>I get that the first 190 terms agree - can someone check
further?<BR>And perhaps supply some theory as to why? </DIV>
<DIV> Paul</DIV>
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