OFFSET
1,1
COMMENTS
Decimal expansion of the shape (= length/width = (4+sqrt(7))/3) of the greater (8/3)-contraction rectangle.
See A188738 for an introduction to lesser and greater r-contraction rectangles, their shapes, and partitioning these rectangles into a sets of squares in a manner that matches the continued fractions of their shapes.
LINKS
Kelvin Voskuijl, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..20000
EXAMPLE
2.215250437021530196833871917879753475236753061...
MATHEMATICA
r = 8/3; t = (r + (-4 + r^2)^(1/2))/2; FullSimplify[t]
N[t, 130]
RealDigits[N[t, 130]][[1]]
ContinuedFraction[t, 120]
RealDigits[(4+Sqrt[7])/3, 10, 150][[1]] (* Harvey P. Dale, Jan 23 2026 *)
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn,cons
AUTHOR
Clark Kimberling, Apr 14 2011
STATUS
approved
