OFFSET
0,9
COMMENTS
Every nonnegative integer k appears in blocks of 4k+2 k's.
FORMULA
a(n) = Sum_{i=1..floor(n/2)} c(i), where c is the square characteristic (A010052).
a(n) = floor(sqrt(n/2)), for n >= 0. [See the comment, and {4*k+2 = A016825 (k)} is the first difference sequence of the sequence b(k) = 2*k^2 = A001105(k) for which sqrt(b(k)/2) becomes an integer.] - Wolfdieter Lang, Dec 07 2020
EXAMPLE
a(7) = 1; The partitions of 7 into two parts are (6,1), (5,2) and (4,3). Since 1 is the only nonzero square appearing among the smallest parts, a(7) = 1.
a(8) = 2; The partitions of 8 into two parts are (7,1), (6,2), (5,3) and (4,4). Since 1 and 4 are the only nonzero squares appearing among the smallest parts, a(8) = 2.
MATHEMATICA
Table[Sum[Floor[Sqrt[i]] - Floor[Sqrt[i - 1]] , {i, Floor[n/2]}], {n, 0, 120}]
PROG
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn,easy
AUTHOR
Wesley Ivan Hurt, Nov 26 2020
STATUS
approved