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A003138 Nearest integer to 24*(2^n - 1)/n. 4

%I #24 Nov 06 2022 07:44:28

%S 24,36,56,90,149,252,435,765,1363,2455,4466,8190,15122,28085,52427,

%T 98303,185041,349524,662257,1258290,2396744,4575603,8753329,16777215,

%U 32212254,61946643,119304646,230087533

%N Nearest integer to 24*(2^n - 1)/n.

%C In case of a tie, round up. - _N. J. A. Sloane_, Nov 06 2022

%H G. C. Greubel, <a href="/A003138/b003138.txt">Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..1000</a>

%H R. J. Penrose, <a href="http://people.maths.ox.ac.uk/lmason/Tn/TN1-25/No10%202%20July%201980.pdf">Puzzle</a>, Twistor Newsletter, No. 10 (July 1980), p. 22.

%H R. J. Penrose, <a href="/A003138/a003138.pdf">Puzzle</a>, Twistor Newsletter, No. 10 (July 1980), p. 22. [Cached copy]

%H R. J. Penrose, <a href="http://people.maths.ox.ac.uk/lmason/Tn/41/TN41.pdf">Solution to puzzle</a>, Twistor Newsletter, No. 41, p. 37, 1996.

%H R. J. Penrose, <a href="/A003138/a003138_1.pdf">Solution to puzzle</a>, Twistor Newsletter, No. 41, p. 37, 1996. [Cached copy]

%H Z. Sunic, <a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0612080">Tree morphisms, transducers and integer sequences</a>, arXiv:math/0612080 [math.CO], 2006.

%t A003138[n_]:= With[{m=24*(2^n-1)/n}, If[Floor[m+1/2] -Floor[m]>=1/2, Ceiling[m], Floor[m]]];

%t Table[A003138[n], {n,70}] (* _G. C. Greubel_, Nov 04 2022 *)

%o (Magma) [Round(24*(2^n -1)/n): n in [1..70]]; // _G. C. Greubel_, Nov 04 2022

%o (SageMath) [round(24*(2^n -1)/n) for n in range(1,71)] # _G. C. Greubel_, Nov 04 2022

%o (PARI) a(n) = round(24*(2^n - 1)/n); \\ _Michel Marcus_, Nov 05 2022

%Y Cf. A003176, A003177, A121056.

%K nonn,easy

%O 1,1

%A _N. J. A. Sloane_

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