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A072421
The p-est sequence is similar to the Aronson sequence except that instead of the generating sentence beginning with T, it begins with P and instead of being in English it is in Latin.
1
1, 5, 10, 25, 40, 63, 84, 110, 135, 159, 192, 230, 265, 294, 330, 366, 397, 434, 455, 483, 523, 557, 598, 634, 645, 679, 717, 753, 795, 810, 832, 842, 856, 868, 898, 911, 938
OFFSET
1,2
REFERENCES
M. J. Halm, Newies, Mpossibilities 64, p. 3 (Mar. 1997)
FORMULA
From the generating sentence: "p est prima praeterea quinta praeterea decima praeterea quinta vicesima praeterea quadragesima praeterea tertia sexagesima praeterea quarta octogesima praeterea decima centesima ... littera in hic sententiam."
EXAMPLE
a(3) = 10 because the P in the first conjunction, praeterea, is the tenth in the generating sentence.
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn,word
AUTHOR
Michael Joseph Halm, Jul 31 2002
STATUS
approved