OFFSET
1,1
COMMENTS
Continued fraction expansion is 4 followed by {1, 8} repeated. - Harry J. Smith, Jun 03 2009
The solution to the Lane-Emden equation for a sphere of polytropic index n = 0. - Arkadiusz Wesolowski, Nov 11 2014
Using Bretschneider's formula this is the maximum area of a quadrilateral with side lengths of 1,2,3 and 4. - Scott R. Shannon, Jan 06 2020
LINKS
Harry J. Smith, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..20000
Wikipedia, Bretschneider's formula.
FORMULA
Equals 2*A010464. - R. J. Mathar, Jan 14 2021
Equals 4 + Sum_{k>=0} (-1)^k * binomial(2*k,k)/((k+1) * 8^k). - Amiram Eldar, May 06 2022
EXAMPLE
4.898979485566356196394568149411782783931894961313340256865385134501920....
MATHEMATICA
RealDigits[N[Sqrt[24], 200]][[1]] (* Vladimir Joseph Stephan Orlovsky, Feb 22 2011 *)
PROG
(PARI) default(realprecision, 20080); x=sqrt(24); for (n=1, 20000, d=floor(x); x=(x-d)*10; write("b010480.txt", n, " ", d)); \\ Harry J. Smith, Jun 03 2009
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn,cons
AUTHOR
EXTENSIONS
Final digits of sequence corrected using the b-file. - N. J. A. Sloane, Aug 30 2009
STATUS
approved