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A001650 n appears n times (n odd). 6
1, 3, 3, 3, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 11, 11, 11, 11, 11, 11, 11, 11, 11, 11, 11, 13, 13, 13, 13, 13, 13, 13, 13, 13, 13, 13, 13, 13, 15, 15, 15, 15, 15, 15, 15, 15, 15, 15, 15, 15, 15, 15, 15, 17, 17, 17, 17, 17, 17, 17, 17, 17, 17, 17, 17, 17 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; internal format)
OFFSET

1,2

COMMENTS

For n >= 0, a(n+1) is the number of integers x with |x| <= sqrt(n), or equivalently the number of point in the Z^1 lattice of norm <= n+1. - David W. Wilson, Oct 22 2006

REFERENCES

J. H. Conway and N. J. A. Sloane, "Sphere Packings, Lattices and Groups", Springer-Verlag, p. 106.

FORMULA

a(n) = 1 + 2*floor(sqrt(n-1)), n > 0. - Antonio Esposito (antonio.b.esposito(AT)italtel.it), Jan 21 2002

G.f.: theta_3(x)*x/(1-x). a(n+1)=a(n)+A000122(n). - Michael Somos, Apr 29 2003.

a(1)=1,a(2)=3,a(3)=3,a(n)=a(n-a(n-2))+2 [From Branko Curgus (curgus(AT)wwu.edu), May 07 2010]

a(n)=2*ceiling(sqrt(n))-1 [From Branko Curgus (curgus(AT)wwu.edu), May 07 2010]

MATHEMATICA

a[1]=1, a[2]=3, a[3]=3, a[n_]:=a[n]=a[n-a[n-2]]+2 [From Branko Curgus (curgus(AT)wwu.edu), May 07 2010]

PROG

(PARI) a(n)=if(n<1, 0, 1+2*sqrtint(n-1))

CROSSREFS

Cf. A001670. Partial sums of A000122.

Sequence in context: A136800 A126661 A162226 * A130175 A200266 A101290

Adjacent sequences:  A001647 A001648 A001649 * A001651 A001652 A001653

KEYWORD

nonn,easy

AUTHOR

N. J. A. Sloane (njas(AT)research.att.com).

EXTENSIONS

More terms from Michael Somos, Apr 29 2003.

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