The rabbit constant is the real number whose binary expansion has the rabbit
sequence as its binary digits (OEIS A005614 ).
Its decimal expansion begins
(1)
(OEIS A014565 ).
The rabbit constant is also given by the continued fraction [0; , , , , ...] = [0; 1, 2, 2, 4, 8, 32, 256, 8192, 2097152,
17179869184, ...] (OEIS A000301 ), where are Fibonacci
numbers with
and
(Gardner 1989, Schroeder 1991, Anderson et al. 1995; Finch 2003, p. 439).
It also has a representation in terms of the Beatty
sequence
defined by
(2)
where
is a positive integer , is the floor function ,
and
is the golden ratio . The first few terms are 1, 3,
4, 6, 8, 9, 11, ... (OEIS A000201 ). Then
(3)
This representation is a special case of the Devil's staircase function with (Anderson et al. 1995; Finch 2003, p. 439).
The irrationality measure of is (D. Terr, pers. comm., May 21, 2004).
See also Devil's Staircase ,
Rabbit Sequence ,
Thue Constant ,
Thue-Morse
Constant
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References Anderson, P. G.; Brown, T. C.; and Shiue, P. J.-S. "A Simple Proof of a Remarkable Continued Fraction Identity." Proc.
Amer. Math. Soc. 123 , 2005-2009, 1995. https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9939-1995-1249866-4 . Finch,
S. R. "Prouhet-Thue-Morse Constant." §6.8 in Mathematical
Constants. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, pp. 436-441,
2003. Gardner, M. Penrose
Tiles and Trapdoor Ciphers... and the Return of Dr. Matrix, reissue ed.
New York: W. H. Freeman, pp. 21-22, 1989. Schroeder, M.
Fractals,
Chaos, Power Laws: Minutes from an Infinite Paradise. New York: W. H. Freeman,
p. 55, 1991. Sloane, N. J. A. Sequences A000201 /M2322,
A000301 , A005614 ,
and A014565 in "The On-Line Encyclopedia
of Integer Sequences." Referenced on Wolfram|Alpha Rabbit Constant
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