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A298020
Maximal overhang that can be attained from a stack of blocks of lengths 1,2,...,n (numerators).
2
1, 8, 9, 463, 1057, 4010, 570097, 32903, 828667, 25743541, 431266313, 16610986697, 16089123031, 1971622002613, 2723872673, 159888988030039, 377543463271, 12771918729143, 19566551419628659, 2983570575161357, 1774565709813223
OFFSET
1,2
COMMENTS
Data supplied by David Treeby.
For the classical problem when there are n blocks all of the same length see A001108/A002805 and A065071.
REFERENCES
Treeby, David. "Further Thoughts on a Paradoxical Tower." The American Mathematical Monthly 125.1 (2018): 44-60.
LINKS
David Treeby, Mathematica code
EXAMPLE
The maximal overhangs are 1, 8/3, 9/2, 463/70, 1057/120, 4010/357, 570097/41496, 32903/2016, 828667/43605, 25743541/1180300, 431266313/17472840, 16610986697/601495180, ...
MATHEMATICA
See link.
CROSSREFS
For denominators see A298021.
Sequence in context: A041605 A239524 A115073 * A042393 A264777 A114132
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
N. J. A. Sloane, Jan 15 2018
STATUS
approved