Sharp inequalities and asymptotic series related to Somos' quadratic recurrence constant (Q344123)

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Sharp inequalities and asymptotic series related to Somos' quadratic recurrence constant
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    Sharp inequalities and asymptotic series related to Somos' quadratic recurrence constant (English)
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    22 November 2016
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    The author considers the following numerical sequence defined by Somos: \[ g_0=1, \hskip 1cm g_n=n\,g_{n-1}^2, \hskip 5mm n=1,2,3,\dots, \] and obtain the following results. When \(n\to\infty\), \[ g_n\sim{\sigma^{2^n}\over n}\exp\left[\sum_{k=1}^\infty{\alpha_k\over(n+\beta_k)^{2k-1}}\right] \] and \[ g_n\sim{\sigma^{2^n}\over n}\exp\left[1+\sum_{k=1}^\infty{\lambda_k\over(n+\mu_k)^{2k-1}}\right], \] where \(\sigma\) is the Somos' recurrence constant and the coefficients \(\alpha_k\), \(\beta_k\), \(\lambda_k\) and \(\mu_k\) may be obtained from a non-linear recurrence. For any natural number \(n\), \[ {\sigma^{2^n}\over n}\exp\left[-{2\over n+a}\right]\leq g_n\leq {\sigma^{2^n}\over n}\exp\left[-{2\over n+b}\right] \] and \[ {\sigma^{2^n}\over n}\left[1-{2\over n+\lambda}\right]\leq g_n\leq {\sigma^{2^n}\over n}\left[1-{2\over n+\mu}\right], \] with the best possible constants \(a\), \(b\), \(\lambda\) and \(\mu\).
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    Somos' quadratic recurrence
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    inequality
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    asymptotic expansion
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