@MrGrahamMoore Mr Moore, I am a mathematician, writing a screenplay about a female mathematical genius. Thank you for your Medium article.
It has infinitely many counterparts, 4 = sqrt(1 + 3x5) 5 = sqrt(1 + 4x6) 6 = sqrt(1 + 5x7) which nest like Russian dolls.
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So that 3 = sqrt(1 + 2x4) = sqrt(1 + 2xsqrt(1 + 3x5)) = sqrt(1 + 2xsqrt(1 + 3xsqrt(1 + 4x6))) = ... , etc., ad infinitum.
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This is 3 as an infinitely long string of nested square roots -- a novel mathematical beast, when Ramanujan encountered it.
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