Sqrt(11) = 3 + continued fraction [3, 6, 3, 6, 3, 6, ...] = 6/2 + 6/19 + 6/(19*379) + 6/(379*7561) + ... - Gary W. Adamson, Dec 21 2007
Let X = the 2 X 2 matrix [1, 6; 3, 19], then X^n * [1, 0] = [a(n+1), a(n+2)]; e.g., X^3 * [1, 0] = [379, 1197] = [a(4), a(5)]. - Gary W. Adamson, Dec 21 2007