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A162761 Suppose a lift can hold only C people, and N people are waiting at floors 1, 2, ..., N, while their destinations are floors N, N - 1, ..., 2, 1 respectively. When C = 1 and the lift starts at floor 1, what is the minimal stairs the lift must move before everyone get to their destinations? 0
0, 2, 4, 9, 13, 20, 26, 35, 43, 54, 64, 77, 89, 104, 118, 135, 151, 170, 188, 209, 229, 252, 274, 299, 323, 350, 376, 405, 433, 464, 494, 527 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; internal format)
OFFSET

1,2

EXAMPLE

For n = 2 the a(2) = 2 means the lift needs move only 2 stairs to transport everyone to the destination: the lift loads person at floor 1, and moves to floor 2(1 stair), unloads and loads person at floor 2, then moves to floor 1(1 stair) and unloads.

CROSSREFS

Sequence in context: A129376 A024925 A162342 * A114885 A049793 A090942

Adjacent sequences:  A162758 A162759 A162760 * A162762 A162763 A162764

KEYWORD

nonn

AUTHOR

Do Zerg (daidodo(AT)gmail.com), Jul 13 2009

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