A059854 - OEIS

A059854

Period of continued fraction for sqrt(n^2+5), n >= 3.

4, 6, 2, 3, 6, 8, 10, 2, 4, 9, 4, 14, 2, 16, 6, 12, 12, 2, 16, 22, 10, 24, 2, 24, 12, 24, 16, 2, 6, 26, 30, 26, 2, 7, 20, 12, 18, 2, 18, 11, 20, 64, 2, 20, 30, 19, 22, 2, 40, 20, 10, 50, 2, 10, 38, 74, 14, 2, 22, 64, 50, 72, 2, 48, 10, 30, 48, 2, 22, 51, 10, 36, 2, 34, 12, 47, 46, 2

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OFFSET

3,1

COMMENTS

The old name was "Quotient cycle length of sqrt(n^2+5) for n>=3." - Jianing Song, May 01 2021

LINKS

Amiram Eldar, Table of n, a(n) for n = 3..10000

FORMULA

If n is a multiple of 5 then a(n) = 2.

a(n) = A003285(n^2+5). - Jianing Song, May 01 2021

EXAMPLE

sqrt(13^2+5) = [13; 5, 4, 5, 26], so a(13) = 4.

sqrt(14^2+5) = [14; 5, 1, 1, 1, 2, 1, 8, 1, 2, 1, 1, 1, 5, 28], so a(14) = 14.

sqrt(15^2+5) = [15; 6, 30], so a(15) = 2.

sqrt(16^2+5) = [16; 6, 2, 3, 7, 1, 3, 1, 2, 1, 3, 1, 7, 3, 2, 6, 32], so a(16) = 16.

MAPLE

with(numtheory): [seq(nops(cfrac(sqrt(k^2+5), 'periodic', 'quotients')[2]), k=3..256)];

MATHEMATICA

a[n_] := Length[ContinuedFraction[Sqrt[n^2 + 5]][[2]]]; Array[a, 100, 3] (* Amiram Eldar, Jul 10 2024 *)

CROSSREFS

Cf. A003285.

Period of continued fraction for sqrt(n^2+k): A059853 (k=3), A059855 (k=4), this sequence (k=5).

Sequence in context: A359283 A255524 A077158 * A155991 A184083 A244993

Adjacent sequences: A059851 A059852 A059853 * A059855 A059856 A059857

KEYWORD

nonn

AUTHOR

Labos Elemer, Feb 27 2001

EXTENSIONS

New name by Jianing Song, May 01 2021

STATUS

approved