Problem 50953. Round up to π

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For example, with n<span style="block-size: auto; display: inline; margin-block-end: 0px; margin-block-start: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-inline-start: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; perspective-origin: 244.467px 7.91667px; transform-origin: 244.467px 7.91667px; unicode-bidi: normal; "> = 8, you would get 14, 18, 20, 20, 21, 22, and—the element in the sequence—<img src="data:image/png;base64,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" alt="f(n)" style="width: 32.5px; height: 19px;" width="32.5" height="19"><span style="block-size: auto; display: inline; margin-block-end: 0px; margin-block-start: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-inline-start: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; perspective-origin: 19.6417px 7.91667px; transform-origin: 19.6417px 7.91667px; unicode-bidi: normal; "> = 22. </div><div style="block-size: 42px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 21px; margin-block-end: 9px; margin-block-start: 2px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-inline-end: 10px; margin-inline-start: 4px; margin-left: 4px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 2px; perspective-origin: 384px 21px; text-align: left; transform-origin: 384px 21px; white-space: pre-wrap; margin-left: 4px; margin-top: 2px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-right: 10px; "><span style="block-size: auto; display: inline; margin-block-end: 0px; margin-block-start: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-inline-start: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; perspective-origin: 96.325px 7.91667px; transform-origin: 96.325px 7.91667px; unicode-bidi: normal; ">Write a function that computes <img src="data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAEEAAAAmCAYAAACbBvanAAACiklEQVRoge2Zb5GDMBDFfx5wUAM1gIIqqAMc1EEtVEMlnAcsoKEWuA/JG/bugGxC4MvxZjod2slms/v2X4ATJ06cOLEbLkCbuaYBXvG7lg7PivLcuAID8EU40AfoHOuauOZaWZ8W6DnQEC0wAu/43MXnT0KJhqBoLnO8uEf5u6MhHPZDoCHAjWCEr8TaN4G2e+J1wB48+MkCL+6kmVIDctJebIO4wUg4VA4GggGPwDPutwvuBAOMTKGQs+6opHWJ+932EP6OwnOt3JPOF7XRkx+yi+gINH4whcJgfutY97C8khMKV4IXrScbAqMe+Dz8jPtWgQ77YgqFt/k9lRsUCqlE1RHYMpqPZN+YHKBPyhDefbOgqpArWOu8zVHPz57jTmBey1SKR9JlUL2Mp4FzQ/kgt8zJu14MTGxr47P208E8jriSH4ZJiI65CS7HCMof8qAYIIhVXkeU9DMu5XK7sRwj2BI88JfKYqP3YCVOW4SNxdzam2MEHXJJecsSD6oaQeWmpOHJMYJC7sPfRGrzgadRKynNq9BBSiY0GTBlPHvI14ocb6MmedWMsKZcChqzU9ncsm2unKp0Kiel2KAQrtInqNSUDE12fSqOdcg5T9vE3OK7mFElqTKvyJO5Q5PFwDqLGrPHHH1/69CTdkhPxQsWtctbRtMnIdktwZbGOfra/z2sklFLmDuL37FYAtF5SamWaRZZggY5Dxs7Kl7gWJpuvRh9ctw4PddoFUM0rBFbDUG5ahRdwIMN+updgLWgOrha46iu6UsTrEe+vQDOhh2VG6bSVtIbrOFGCIvaV226zt8UtrKiKJsqa1v3qmmIhsDaKi90LoRw6NiPskJNJjSV5Z04ceLE/8Q372/pj3B4BJgAAAAASUVORK5CYII=" alt="f(n)" style="width: 32.5px; height: 19px;" width="32.5" height="19"><span style="block-size: auto; display: inline; margin-block-end: 0px; margin-block-start: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-inline-start: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; perspective-origin: 15.55px 7.91667px; transform-origin: 15.55px 7.91667px; unicode-bidi: normal; ">, the n<span style="block-size: auto; display: inline; margin-block-end: 0px; margin-block-start: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-inline-start: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; perspective-origin: 122.517px 7.91667px; transform-origin: 122.517px 7.91667px; unicode-bidi: normal; ">th term in this sequence. Also compute <img src="data:image/png;base64,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" alt="n^2/f(n)" style="width: 52.5px; height: 20px;" width="52.5" height="20"><span style="block-size: auto; display: inline; margin-block-end: 0px; margin-block-start: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-inline-start: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; perspective-origin: 68.8417px 7.91667px; transform-origin: 68.8417px 7.91667px; unicode-bidi: normal; "> and notice its limit as n<span style="block-size: auto; display: inline; margin-block-end: 0px; margin-block-start: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-inline-start: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; perspective-origin: 17.1083px 7.91667px; transform-origin: 17.1083px 7.91667px; unicode-bidi: normal; "> gets large. For more on this limit, see <a target='_blank' href = "https://www.mathpages.com/home/kmath001/kmath001.htm">this page</a><span style="block-size: auto; display: inline; margin-block-end: 0px; margin-block-start: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-inline-start: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; perspective-origin: 48.2167px 7.91667px; transform-origin: 48.2167px 7.91667px; unicode-bidi: normal; "> by K.S. Brown.</div></div></div>

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