OFFSET
1,2
COMMENTS
Arrange natural numbers 1,2,3,4,5,... as a triangle like A000027, then rotate each row of triangle one step right. - Antti Karttunen, May 07 2002
As a rectangular array, a(n) is the natural interspersion of the sequence of triangular numbers; see A192872. [Clark Kimberling, Aug 12 2011]
LINKS
FORMULA
a(n) = -1+n+binomial(A002024(n)+1,2)-binomial(A002024(n-1)+1,2) where A002024(n) is round(sqrt(2*n)). - Brian Tenneson, Feb 03 2017
EXAMPLE
Northwest corner, when sequence is formatted as the natural interspersion of the sequence (1,3,6,10,15,...) of triangular numbers:
1...3...6...10...15
2...4...7...11...16
5...8...12..17...23
9...13..18..24...31 [ Clark Kimberling, Aug 12 2011 ]
MATHEMATICA
FromCycles[Table[n(n-1)/2+Range[n, 1, -1], {n, 13}]]
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
AUTHOR
Wouter Meeussen, Dec 15 2001
STATUS
approved