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A035486 Kimberling's expulsion array read by antidiagonals. 7
1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 4, 4, 4, 2, 6, 5, 5, 5, 2, 8, 6, 6, 6, 7, 7, 6, 7, 7, 7, 4, 9, 2, 13, 8, 8, 8, 8, 2, 11, 12, 2, 9, 9, 9, 9, 10, 9, 8, 11, 18, 10, 10, 10, 10, 6, 12, 9, 16, 17, 16, 11, 11, 11, 11, 11, 7, 14, 14, 12, 14, 23, 12, 12, 12, 12, 12, 13, 11, 6, 9, 21, 2, 13, 13, 13, 13, 13, 13, 8, 15 (list; table; graph; refs; listen; history; internal format)
OFFSET

1,2

COMMENTS

To get next row, start with element to right of diagonal term, then take number to left of diagonal, then back to 2nd number to right, etc.

REFERENCES

R. K. Guy, Unsolved Problems Number Theory, Sect E35.

C. Kimberling, Problem 1615, Crux Mathematicorum, Vol. 17 (2) 44 1991 and Vol. 18, March 1992, p. 82-83.

LINKS

E. Perez Herrero, Table of n, a(n) for n=1..10000

EXAMPLE

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10...

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11...

4 2 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12...

6 2 7 4 8 9 10 11 12 13...

8 7 9 2 10 6 11 12 13 14...

MATHEMATICA

Contribution from Enrique Perez Herrero (psychgeometry(AT)gmail.com), Mar 30 2010: (Start)

K[i_, j_] := i + j - 1 /; (j >= 2 i - 3);

K[i_, j_] := K[i - 1, i - (j + 2)/2] /; (EvenQ[j] && (j < 2 i - 3));

K[i_, j_] := K[i - 1, i + (j - 1)/2] /; (OddQ[j] && (j < 2 i - 3));

K[i_] := K[i] = K[i, i]; SetAttributes[K, Listable];

T[n_] := n*(n + 1)/2;

S[n_] := Floor[1/2 (1 + Sqrt[1 + 8 (n - 1)])];

AJ[n_] := 1 + T[S[n]] - n;

AI[n_] := 1 + S[n] - AJ[n];

A035486[n_] := K[AI[n], AJ[n]]; (End)

CROSSREFS

Cf. A006852, A007063, A038807.

A175312 [From Enrique Perez Herrero (psychgeometry(AT)gmail.com), Mar 30 2010]

Sequence in context: A085654 A074719 A079730 * A172397 A143489 A130249

Adjacent sequences:  A035483 A035484 A035485 * A035487 A035488 A035489

KEYWORD

nonn,tabl,nice,easy

AUTHOR

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

EXTENSIONS

More terms from James A. Sellers (sellersj(AT)math.psu.edu), Dec 23 1999

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