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A113515 If the name of the n-th Pope is Pope XXX the k-th, then the n-th term is k. 3

%I #31 Jun 10 2023 03:15:11

%S 1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,2,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,

%T 1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,3,1,1,1,3,1,2,1,1,1,4,2,2,1,1,1,1,3,1,2,1,1,3,4,1,

%U 5,1,1,4,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,2,2,5,1,1,6,7,1,1,2,3,1,2,3,1,4,1,3,5,1

%N If the name of the n-th Pope is Pope XXX the k-th, then the n-th term is k.

%D D. E. Smith, History of mathematics - Vol. 1: General survey of the history of elementary mathematics (Boston, 1923), pp. 195-196.

%H John Mason, <a href="/A113515/b113515.txt">Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..267</a> (terms 1..266 from N. J. A. Sloane).

%H Kevan Choset, in The Volokh Conspiracy, <a href="http://volokh.com/posts/1137083661.shtml">A puzzle</a>

%H John Mason, <a href="/A244341/a244341.pdf">List of Popes</a>

%e In Jan 2006 the current Pope, the 266th (according to the standard enumeration), was Benedict XVI, so a(266) = 16.

%Y Cf. A106806, A244341.

%K nonn,fini,less

%O 1,24

%A _N. J. A. Sloane_, Jan 13 2006. This version of the sequence originated in Kevan Choset's posting of Jan 12 2006 (see link).

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