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Natural Logarithm of 2 Continued Fraction


The continued fraction for ln2 is [0; 1, 2, 3, 1, 6, 3, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 3, 10, ...] (OEIS A016730). It has been computed to 9702699208 terms by E. Weisstein (Aug. 21, 2013).

The Engel expansion is 2, 3, 7, 9, 104, 510, 1413, ... (OEIS A059180).

The incrementally largest terms in the continued fraction are 0, 1, 2, 3, 6, 10, 13, 14, ... (OEIS A120754), which occur at positions 0, 1, 2, 3, 5, 15, 28, ... (OEIS A120755).

NaturalLogarithmof2ContinuedFractionFirstOccurrences

The plot above shows the positions of the first occurrences of 1, 2, 3, ... in the continued fraction, the first few of which are 1, 2, 3, 30, 40, 5, 29, 89, 88, 15, ... (OEIS A228269). The smallest number not occurring in the first 9702699208 terms of the continued fraction are 42112, 42387, 43072, 45089, ... (E. Weisstein, Aug. 21, 2013).

NaturalLogarithmof2KhinchinLevy

Let the continued fraction of ln2 be denoted [a_0;a_1,a_2,...] and let the denominators of the convergents be denoted q_1, q_2, ..., q_n. Then plots above show successive values of a_1^(1/1), (a_1a_2)^(1/2), (a_1a_2...a_n)^(1/n), which appear to converge to Khinchin's constant (left figure) and q_n^(1/n), which appear to converge to the Lévy constant (right figure), although neither of these limits has been rigorously established.


See also

Natural Logarithm of 2, Natural Logarithm of 2 Digits

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References

Sloane, N. J. A. Sequences A016730, A059180, A120754, A120755, A228269in "The On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences."

Cite this as:

Weisstein, Eric W. "Natural Logarithm of 2 Continued Fraction." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Web Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/NaturalLogarithmof2ContinuedFraction.html

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