Pell numbers
my $pell = cache lazy 0, 1, * + * × 2 … *;
my $pell-lucas = lazy 2, 2, * + * × 2 … *;
my $upto = 20;
say "First $upto Pell numbers:\n" ~ $pell[^$upto];
say "\nFirst $upto Pell-Lucas numbers:\n" ~ $pell-lucas[^$upto];
say "\nFirst $upto rational approximations of √2 ({sqrt(2)}):\n" ~
(1..$upto).map({ sprintf "%d/%d - %1.16f", $pell[$_-1] + $pell[$_], $pell[$_], ($pell[$_-1]+$pell[$_])/$pell[$_] }).join: "\n";
say "\nFirst $upto Pell primes:\n" ~ $pell.grep(&is-prime)[^$upto].join: "\n";
say "\nIndices of first $upto Pell primes:\n" ~ (^∞).grep({$pell[$_].is-prime})[^$upto];
say "\nFirst $upto Newman-Shank-Williams numbers:\n" ~ (^$upto).map({ $pell[2 × $_, 2 × $_+1].sum });
say "\nFirst $upto near isosceles right triangles:";
map -> \p { printf "(%d, %d, %d)\n", |($_, $_+1 given $pell[^(2 × p + 1)].sum), $pell[2 × p + 1] }, 1..$upto;
Output:
First 20 Pell numbers:
0 1 2 5 12 29 70 169 408 985 2378 5741 13860 33461 80782 195025 470832 1136689 2744210 6625109
First 20 Pell-Lucas numbers:
2 2 6 14 34 82 198 478 1154 2786 6726 16238 39202 94642 228486 551614 1331714 3215042 7761798 18738638
First 20 rational approximations of √2 (1.4142135623730951):
1/1 - 1.0000000000000000
3/2 - 1.5000000000000000
7/5 - 1.4000000000000000
17/12 - 1.4166666666666667
41/29 - 1.4137931034482758
99/70 - 1.4142857142857144
239/169 - 1.4142011834319526
577/408 - 1.4142156862745099
1393/985 - 1.4142131979695431
3363/2378 - 1.4142136248948696
8119/5741 - 1.4142135516460548
19601/13860 - 1.4142135642135643
47321/33461 - 1.4142135620573204
114243/80782 - 1.4142135624272734
275807/195025 - 1.4142135623637995
665857/470832 - 1.4142135623746899
1607521/1136689 - 1.4142135623728214
3880899/2744210 - 1.4142135623731420
9369319/6625109 - 1.4142135623730870
22619537/15994428 - 1.4142135623730965
First 20 Pell primes:
2
5
29
5741
33461
44560482149
1746860020068409
68480406462161287469
13558774610046711780701
4125636888562548868221559797461449
4760981394323203445293052612223893281
161733217200188571081311986634082331709
2964793555272799671946653940160950323792169332712780937764687561
677413820257085084326543915514677342490435733542987756429585398537901
4556285254333448771505063529048046595645004014152457191808671945330235841
54971607658948646301386783144964782698772613513307493180078896702918825851648683235325858118170150873214978343601463118106546653220435805362395962991295556488036606954237309847762149971207793263738989
14030291214037674827921599320400561033992948898216351802670122530401263880575255235196727095109669287799074570417579539629351231775861429098849146880746524269269235328805333087546933690012894630670427794266440579064751300508834822795162874147983974059159392260220762973563561382652223360667198516093199367134903695783143116067743023134509886357032327271649
2434804314652199381956027075145741187716221548707931096877274520825143228915116227412484991366386864484767844200542482630246332092069382947111767723898168035847078557798454111405556629400142434835890123610082763986456199467423944182141028870863302603437534363208996458153115358483747994095302552907353919742211197822912892578751357668345638404394626711701120567186348490247426710813709165801137112237291901437566040249805155494297005186344325519103590369653438042689
346434895614929444828445967916634653215454504812454865104089892164276080684080254746939261017687341632569935171059945916359539268094914543114024020158787741692287531903178502306292484033576487391159597130834863729261484555671037916432206867189514675750227327687799973497042239286045783392065227614939379139866240959756584073664244580698830046194724340448293320938108876004367449471918175071251610962540447986139876845105399212429593945098472125140242905536711601925585608153109062121115635939797709
32074710952523740376423283403256578238321646122759160107427497117576305397686814013623874765833543023397971470911301264845142006214276865917420065183527313421909784286074786922242104480428021290764613639424408361555091057197776876849282654018358993099016644054242247557103410808928387071991436781136646322261169941417916607548507224950058710729258466238995253184617782314756913932650536663800753256087990078866003788647079369825102832504351225446531057648755795494571534144773842019836572551455718577614678081652481281009
Indices of first 20 Pell primes:
2 3 5 11 13 29 41 53 59 89 97 101 167 181 191 523 929 1217 1301 1361
First 20 Newman-Shank-Williams numbers:
1 7 41 239 1393 8119 47321 275807 1607521 9369319 54608393 318281039 1855077841 10812186007 63018038201 367296043199 2140758220993 12477253282759 72722761475561 423859315570607
First 20 near isosceles right triangles:
(3, 4, 5)
(20, 21, 29)
(119, 120, 169)
(696, 697, 985)
(4059, 4060, 5741)
(23660, 23661, 33461)
(137903, 137904, 195025)
(803760, 803761, 1136689)
(4684659, 4684660, 6625109)
(27304196, 27304197, 38613965)
(159140519, 159140520, 225058681)
(927538920, 927538921, 1311738121)
(5406093003, 5406093004, 7645370045)
(31509019100, 31509019101, 44560482149)
(183648021599, 183648021600, 259717522849)
(1070379110496, 1070379110497, 1513744654945)
(6238626641379, 6238626641380, 8822750406821)
(36361380737780, 36361380737781, 51422757785981)
(211929657785303, 211929657785304, 299713796309065)
(1235216565974040, 1235216565974041, 1746860020068409)
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