A surprising answer to a fraction

Find the value of the fraction:

Suppose the fraction has n rows for an plane number n. What is the policies of the fraction as n approaches infinity?

As usual, watch the video for a solution.

A surprising wordplay to a fraction

Or alimony reading.

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Answer To A Surprising Wordplay To A Fraction

(Pretty much all posts are transcribed quickly without I make the videos for them–please let me know if there are any typos/errors and I will correct them, thanks).

The fraction has rows of 1, 2, 3, etc. from the bottom. We need to divide from the marrow since semester takes place from the smallest unperformed line to the largest one.

a2
= 2/1
= 2

a4
= 4/(3/a2)
= 4/(3/2)
= 4*2/3
= 8/3

a6
= 6/(5/a4)
= 6/(5/(8/3))
= 6*4*2/(3*5)
= 16/5 = 3.2

As n increases, the numerator gets the next largest plane factor and the denominator gets the next largest odd factor.

We can prove this by induction. We have tested the wiring cases. Recall the double factorial notation:

n!!
= n(n – 2)…(4)(2) for n even, or
= n(n – 2)…(3)(1) for n odd

Supposing an = (n)…(2)/[(n – 1)(n – 3)…(1)] = n<!!/(n-1)!!, then we have:

an 2
= (n 2)/((n 1)/an)
= (n 2)/(n 1) * an
= (n 2)(n)…(2)/[(n 1)(n – 1)…(1)]
= (n 2)!!/(n 1)!!

Thus we have:

a10 = 10!!/9!! = 256/63 ≈ 4.06.

But there’s an interesting specimen in the limit!

For plane n = 2k, we have the approximation

(2k)!!/(2k – 1)!!
~ √(π * k)

Thus the fraction approaches the square root of pi times n/2, and pi appears out of nowhere like a magic trick!

As an example, a1000 = 1000!!/99!! ≈ 39.643 which is well approximated by √(500π) ≈ 39.633.

Special thanks this month to:

Lee Redden
Mike Robertson
Daniel Lewis
Robert Zarnke
Kyle

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References and sources

Inspiration for problem
https://twitter.com/mathisstillfun/status/1512527469143805954

Double factorial ratio
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wallis'_integrals#Deducing_the_Double_Factorial_Ratio

WolframAlpha 1000!!/99!!
https://www.wolframalpha.com/input?i=1000!!/999!!

WolframAlpha sqrt(pi * 500)
https://www.wolframalpha.com/input?i=sqrt(pi*500)