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A035106 Largest integer m such that every permutation (p_1, ..., p_n) of (1, ..., n) satisfies p_i * p_{i+1}) >= m for some i, 1 <= i <= n-1. 15
1, 2, 3, 6, 8, 12, 15, 20, 24, 30, 35, 42, 48, 56, 63, 72, 80, 90, 99, 110, 120, 132, 143, 156, 168, 182, 195, 210, 224, 240, 255, 272, 288, 306, 323, 342, 360, 380, 399, 420, 440, 462, 483, 506, 528, 552, 575, 600, 624, 650, 675, 702, 728, 756, 783, 812, 840 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; internal format)
OFFSET

1,2

COMMENTS

Equivalently, smallest integer m such that there exists a permutation (p_1, ..., p_n) of (1, ..., n) satisfying p_i * p_{i+1} <= m for every i, 1 <= i <= n-1.

Nonsquare positive integers m such that [sqrt(m)] divides m. Numbers of the form k*(k+1) or k*(k+2). - Max Alekseyev (maxale(AT)gmail.com), Nov 27 2006

LINKS

Index to sequences with linear recurrences with constant coefficients, signature (2,0,-2,1).

FORMULA

Theorem: a(n)=n*(n+2)/4 if n is even and (n-1)*(n+3)/4 if n is odd, n>1. - Jud McCranie (JudMcCranie(AT)ugaalum.uga.edu), Oct 25 2001

a(n) = a(n-1)+a(n-2)-a(n-3)+1 = A002620(n+2)+A004526(n+2) - Henry Bottomley (se16(AT)btinternet.com), Mar 08 2000

a(n+2) = (2*n^2+12*n+3*(-1)^n+13)/8, i.e. a(n+2) = (n+2)*(n+4)/4 if n is even and (n+1)*(n+5)/4 if n is odd. G.f.: x + x^2*(-2+x) / ( (1+x)*(x-1)^3 ). - Vladeta Jovovic (vladeta(AT)eunet.rs), Oct 23 2001

{a[n] == a[n - 2] + (n - 1), a[1] == 0, a[2] == 0}; (-4 - 3*(-1)^n - (-1)^(2*n) + 2*n - 2*(-1)^(2*n)*n + 2*n^2)/8 - Cecilia Rossiter (cecilia(AT)noticingnumbers.net), Dec 14 2004

a(n)= floor((n+1)^4/(4*(n+1)^2+1))...n>1 [From Gary Detlefs (gdetlefs(AT)aol.com), Feb 11 2010]

a(n)=n+ceil((1/4)*n^2), n>=1. [From Clark Kimberling, Jan 07 2011]

EXAMPLE

n=5: we must arrange the numbers 1..5 so that the max of the products of pairs of adjacent terms is minimized. The answer is 51324, with max product = 8, so a(5) = 8.

MAPLE

seq(floor((n+1)^4/(4*(n+1)^2+1)), n= 2..25); [From Gary Detlefs (gdetlefs(AT)aol.com), Feb 11 2010]

CROSSREFS

Cf. A064764, A064796, A064797, A064817, A004652, A035104, A035107.

First differences give (essentially) A028242.

Bisections: A002378 (pronic numbers) and A005563.

Cf. A002378, A006446.

Sequence in context: A103567 A131723 A198442 * A122378 A181687 A194881

Adjacent sequences:  A035103 A035104 A035105 * A035107 A035108 A035109

KEYWORD

nonn,nice,changed

AUTHOR

N. J. A. Sloane (njas(AT)research.att.com), revised Oct 30, 2001

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