OFFSET
1,2
COMMENTS
The idea is based on the Janet table of the elements (see A138509 and A171710). Arrange the atomic numbers as if the rows of the table were centered. There are two rows with 2 =2*1^2 elements, 2 rows with 8=2*2^2 elements, 2 rows with 18=2*3^2 elements, and this is extended infinitely by adding 2 rows with 2*k^2 elements (see A137583), incrementing k:
...........................1...2.........................
...........................3...4.........................
..................5..6..7..8...9.10.11.12................
.................13.14.15.16..17.18.19.20................
..21.22.23.24.25.26.27.28.29..30.31.32.33.34.35.36.37.38.
..39.40.41.42.43.44.45.46.47..48.49.50.51.52.53.54.55.56.
The sequence is obtained by reading the numbers in each of the rows (top-down), starting with the center left column, then the center right column, and then alternating from the left to the right, increasing the distance to the center until all 2*k^2 numbers of the block are exhausted.
LINKS
Michael De Vlieger, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..10680 (First 76 rows)
Anonymous, Janet periodic table, Web Elements Chemistry
Anonymous, Periodic Table: Formulations, Chemogenesis web book
Albert Tarantola, PSE of Elements (Janet form).
MATHEMATICA
Table[(Riffle[Reverse@ #, Length@ # + #] &@ Range[Ceiling[n/2]^2]) + (# + 1) (3 + 2 #^2 + 4 # - 3 (-1)^#)/12 &[n - 1], {n, 7}] // Flatten (* Michael De Vlieger, Jul 19 2016, after Vincenzo Librandi at A168380 *)
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
Paul Curtz, Jan 22 2010
EXTENSIONS
Edited by R. J. Mathar, Mar 02 2010
STATUS
approved