# Greetings from The On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences! http://oeis.org/ Search: id:a248106 Showing 1-1 of 1 %I A248106 #4 Oct 02 2014 22:36:14 %S A248106 3,5,7,9,12,14,16,18,20,23,25,27,29,32,34,36,38,40,43,45,47,49,52,54, %T A248106 56,58,60,63,65,67,69,72,74,76,78,80,83,85,87,89,92,94,96,98,100,103, %U A248106 105,107,109,111,114,116,118,120,123,125,127,129,131,134,136 %N A248106 Least k such that ((k+1)/(k-1))^k - e^2 < 1/n^2. %C A248106 In general, for fixed positive m, the limit of ((m*x+1)/(m*x-1))^x is e^(2/m), as illustrated by A248103, A248106, A248111. %D A248106 Steven R. Finch, Mathematical Constants, Cambridge University Press, 2003, p. 14. %H A248106 Clark Kimberling, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..1000 %e A248106 Approximations are shown here: %e A248106 n ... ((n+1)/(n-1))^n - e^2 ... 1/n^2 %e A248106 2 ... 1.610943901 ............. 0.25 %e A248106 3 ... 0.610943901 ............. 0.11111 %e A248106 4 ... 0.326993283 ............. 0.0625 %e A248106 5 ... 0.204693901 ............. 0.04 %e A248106 6 ... 0.140479901 ............. 0.02777 %e A248106 a(2) = 5 because p(5) - e^2 < 1/4 < p(4) - e^2. %t A248106 z = 1200; p[k_] := p[k] = ((k + 1)/(k - 1))^k; (* Finch p. 15 *); %t A248106 N[Table[p[n] - E^2, {n, 2, z/20}]] %t A248106 f[n_] := f[n] = Select[Range[z], # > 1 && p[#] - E^2 < 1/n^2 &, 1] %t A248106 u = Flatten[Table[f[n], {n, 1, z/4}]] (* A248106 *) %Y A248106 Cf. A248103, A248111. %K A248106 nonn,easy %O A248106 1,1 %A A248106 _Clark Kimberling_, Oct 02 2014 # Content is available under The OEIS End-User License Agreement: http://oeis.org/LICENSE