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A064506
a(n) = Max { k | k*(k+1)/2 <= n*(n+1)/2 - k*(k+1)/2 }.
1
0, 1, 2, 2, 3, 4, 4, 5, 6, 6, 7, 8, 9, 9, 10, 11, 11, 12, 13, 14, 14, 15, 16, 16, 17, 18, 18, 19, 20, 21, 21, 22, 23, 23, 24, 25, 26, 26, 27, 28, 28, 29, 30, 30, 31, 32, 33, 33, 34, 35, 35, 36, 37, 38, 38, 39, 40, 40, 41, 42, 42, 43, 44, 45, 45, 46, 47, 47, 48, 49, 50, 50, 51, 52
OFFSET
1,3
LINKS
FORMULA
a(n) = floor((sqrt(2*n*(n+1) + 1) - 1) / 2)
EXAMPLE
1+2+3+4+5 <= 6+7+8 and as 1+2+3+4+5+6 > 7+8 we have a(8) = 5.
PROG
(PARI) { for (n=1, 1000, a=(sqrt(2*n*(n + 1) + 1) - 1) \ 2; write("b064506.txt", n, " ", a) ) } \\ Harry J. Smith, Sep 17 2009
CROSSREFS
Sequence in context: A094331 A135672 A265133 * A082774 A074239 A248333
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
Reinhard Zumkeller, Oct 06 2001
STATUS
approved