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A294512 Denominators of partial sums of the reciprocals of octagonal numbers. 11
1, 8, 168, 420, 5460, 14560, 276640, 3043040, 136936800, 136936800, 4245040800, 72165693600, 2670130663200, 2670130663200, 114815618517600, 1320379612952400, 9242657290666800, 3080885763555600, 280080523959600, 8122335194828400, 165154148961510800, 14533565108612950400, 973748862277067676800 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; text; internal format)
OFFSET
0,2
COMMENTS
The corresponding numerators are given in A250401.
The octagonal numbers are here A000567(k+1) = (k + 1)*(3*k + 1), k >= 0.
In general the partial sums V(m,r;n) = Sum_{k=0..n} 1/((k + 1)*(m*k + r)) = (1/(m - r))*Sum_{k=0..n} (m/(m*k + r) - 1/(k+1)), for r = 1, ..., m-1 and m = 2, 3, ..., and their limits are of interest for series Sum_{k>=1} a(k)/k with a periodic sequence a(r + m*k) = a(r), r = 1..m, k >= 1, and Sum_{r=1..m} a(r) = 0. Such sequences were considered by Euler in his Introductio in Analysin Infinitorum (1748). See the Koecher reference. Namely, Sum_{k>=1} a(k)/k = Sum_{r=1..m-1} a(r)*v_m(r) with v_m(r) = ((m-r)/m)*lim_{n -> oo} V(m,r,n).
The general formula is m*v_m(r) = log(m) + (Pi/2)*cot(Pi*r/m) - Sum_{s=1..m-1} cos(2*Pi*r*s/m)*log(2*sin((Pi*s)/m)), r = 1..m-1. (Koecher, Satz, p. 191.)
Here the instance m = 3, r = 1 is considered with V(3,1;n) = Sum_{k=0..n} 1/((k + 1)*(3*k + 1)) and lim_{n -> oo} V(3,1;n) = (Pi/sqrt(3) + 3*log(3))/4 with its decimal expansion 1.277409057... given in A244645.
REFERENCES
Max Koecher, Klassische elementare Analysis, Birkhäuser, Basel, Boston, 1987, pp. 189 - 193.
LINKS
FORMULA
a(n) = denominator(V(3,1;n)) with V(3,1;n) = Sum_{k=0..n} 1/((k + 1)*(3*k + 1)) = (1/2)*Sum_{k=0..n} (3/(3*k + 1) - 1/(k+1)), n >= 0.
a(n) = A250400(n+1)/(n+1), n >= 0. [conjecture].
EXAMPLE
The rationals V(3,1;n) begin: 1, 9/8, 197/168, 503/420, 6623/5460, 17813/14560, 340527/276640, 3763087/3043040, 169947523/136936800, 170436583/136936800, ...
V(3,1,10^4) = 1.2773757281147540626 (Maple 20 digits) to be compared with 1.2774090575596367312 (20 digits from A244645).
The series is V(3,1) = 1 + 1/(2*4) + 1/(3*6) + 1/(4*10) + ... .
MATHEMATICA
Denominator@ Accumulate@ Array[1/PolygonalNumber[8, #] &, 23] (* Michael De Vlieger, Nov 01 2017 *)
CROSSREFS
Sequence in context: A305096 A032395 A316756 * A090228 A220808 A221022
KEYWORD
nonn,frac,easy
AUTHOR
Wolfdieter Lang, Nov 01 2017
STATUS
approved

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