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A047838
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a(n) = floor(n^2/2) - 1.
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20
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1, 3, 7, 11, 17, 23, 31, 39, 49, 59, 71, 83, 97, 111, 127, 143, 161, 179, 199, 219, 241, 263, 287, 311, 337, 363, 391, 419, 449, 479, 511, 543, 577, 611, 647, 683, 721, 759, 799, 839, 881, 923, 967, 1011, 1057, 1103, 1151, 1199, 1249, 1299, 1351, 1403
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OFFSET
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2,2
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COMMENTS
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Define the organization number of a permutation pi_1, pi_2, ..., pi_n to be the following. Start at 1, count the steps to reach 2, then the steps to reach 3, etc. Add them up. Then the maximal value of the organization number of any permutation of [1..n] for n = 0, 1, 2, 3, ... is given by 0, 1, 3, 7, 11, 17, 23, ... (this sequence). This was established by Graham Cormode (graham(AT)research.att.com), Aug 17 2006, see link below, answering a question raised by Tom Young (mcgreg265(AT)msn.com) and Barry Cipra, Aug 15 2006
This is the length of the longest non-self-intersecting spiral drawn on an n X n grid. E.g., for n=5 the spiral has length 17:
1 0 1 1 1
1 0 1 0 1
1 0 1 0 1
1 0 0 0 1
1 1 1 1 1 (End)
It appears that a(n+1) is the maximum number of consecutive integers (beginning with 1) that can be placed, one after another, on an n-peg Towers of Hanoi, such that the sum of any two consecutive integers on any peg is a square. See the problem: http://online-judge.uva.es/p/v102/10276.html. - Ashutosh Mehra, Dec 06 2008
a(n) = number of (w,x,y) with all terms in {0,...,n} and w = |x+y-w|. - Clark Kimberling, Jun 11 2012
The same sequence also represents the solution to the "pigeons problem": maximal value of the sum of the lengths of n-1 line segments (connected at their end-points) required to pass through n trail dots, with unit distance between adjacent points, visiting all of them without overlaping two or more segments. In this case, a(0)=0, a(1)=1, a(2)=3, and so on. - Marco Ripà, Jan 28 2014
Also the longest path length in the n X n white bishop graph. - Eric W. Weisstein, Mar 27 2018
a(n) is the number of right triangles with sides n*(h-floor(h)), floor(h) and h, where h is the hypotenuse. - Andrzej Kukla, Apr 14 2021
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LINKS
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Laurent Bulteau, Samuele Giraudo and Stéphane Vialette, Disorders and permutations , 32nd Annual Symposium on Combinatorial Pattern Matching (CPM 2021). Article No. 18; pp. 18:1-18:14.
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FORMULA
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a(2)=1; for n > 2, a(n) = a(n-1) + n - 1 + (n-1 mod 2). - Benoit Cloitre, Jan 12 2003
a(n) = T(n-1) + floor(n/2) - 1 = T(n) - floor((n+3)/2), where T(n) is the n-th triangular number (A000217). - Robert G. Wilson v, Aug 31 2006
Equals (n-1)-th row sums of triangles A134151 and A135152. Also, = binomial transform of [1, 2, 2, -2, 4, -8, 16, -32, ...]. - Gary W. Adamson, Nov 21 2007
G.f.: x^2*(1+x+x^2-x^3)/((1-x)^3*(1+x)). - R. J. Mathar, Sep 09 2008
a(n) = floor((n^2 + 4*n + 2)/2). - Gary Detlefs, Feb 10 2010
Set a(0) = a(1) = -1, a(n) = a(n-2) + 2*n - 2 for n > 1.
a(n) = A000982(n-1) + n - 2 for n > 1.
a(n) = A061925(n-1) + n - 3 for n > 1.
a(n) = A074148(n) - n - 1 for n > 1.
a(n) = A105343(n-1) + n - 4 for n > 1.
a(n) = A179207(n) - n + 1 for n > 1.
a(n) = A265284(n-1) - 2*n + 1 for n > 1.
a(n) = 2*A290743(n) - 5 for n > 1. (End)
E.g.f.: 1 + x + ((x^2 + x - 2)*cosh(x) + (x^2 + x - 3)*sinh(x))/2. - Stefano Spezia, May 06 2021
Sum_{n>=2} 1/a(n) = 3/2 + tan(sqrt(3)*Pi/2)*Pi/(2*sqrt(3)) - cot(Pi/sqrt(2))*Pi/(2*sqrt(2)). - Amiram Eldar, Sep 15 2022
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EXAMPLE
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x^2 + 3*x^3 + 7*x^4 + 11*x^5 + 17*x^6 + 23*x^7 + 31*x^8 + 39*x^9 + 49*x^10 + ...
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MAPLE
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seq(floor((n^2+4*n+2)/2), n=0..20) # Gary Detlefs, Feb 10 2010
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MATHEMATICA
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LinearRecurrence[{2, 0, -2, 1}, {1, 3, 7, 11}, 60] (* Harvey P. Dale, Jan 16 2015 *)
CoefficientList[Series[(-1 - x - x^2 + x^3)/((-1 + x)^3 (1 + x)), {x, 0, 20}], x] (* Eric W. Weisstein, Mar 27 2018 *)
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PROG
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(PARI) a(n) = n^2\2 - 1
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CROSSREFS
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KEYWORD
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nonn,easy
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