OFFSET
1,1
REFERENCES
D. Mumford et al., Indra's Pearls, Cambridge 2002; see p. 317. [From N. J. A. Sloane, Nov 22 2009]
LINKS
Daniel Starodubtsev, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..10000
Emma Y. Jin and Christian M. Reidys, Asymptotic Enumeration of RNA Structures with Pseudoknots, arXiv:0706.3137 [q-bio.BM], 2007, Theorem 5, p. 15.
FORMULA
Equals lim_{n->oo} S(n, 5)/S(n-1, 5), with the S-Chebyshev polynomial (see A049310) S(n, 5) = A004254(n+1). - Wolfdieter Lang, Nov 15 2023
c^k = A004254(k)*c - A004254(k-1) for k >= 1, where c is the present constant. - Andrea Pinos, Jul 19 2024
EXAMPLE
4.7912878474779200032940235968640042444922282883839859513036...
The zeros at 15, 16 and 17 digits after the decimal point allow for a good rational approximation. The continued fraction is [4,1,3,1,3,1,3,...] = 4 + 1/(1+ 1/(3+ 1/(1+ 1/(3+ 1/(1+ 1/(3+ 1(/1+ ...
MATHEMATICA
RealDigits[(5+Sqrt[21])/2, 10, 120][[1]] (* Harvey P. Dale, May 02 2011 *)
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
AUTHOR
Jonathan Vos Post, Jun 22 2007
STATUS
approved