A113515 If the name of the n-th Pope is Pope XXX the k-th, then the n-th term is k.

1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 3, 1, 1, 1, 3, 1, 2, 1, 1, 1, 4, 2, 2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 3, 1, 2, 1, 1, 3, 4, 1, 5, 1, 1, 4, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 5, 1, 1, 6, 7, 1, 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3, 1, 4, 1, 3, 5, 1

Offset

1,24

Comments

This version of the sequence originated in Kevan Choset's posting of Jan 12 2006 (see link).

References

D. E. Smith, History of mathematics - Vol. 1: General survey of the history of elementary mathematics (Boston, 1923), pp. 195-196.

Links

John Mason, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..267 (terms 1..266 from N. J. A. Sloane).

Kevan Choset, in The Volokh Conspiracy, A puzzle

John Mason, List of Popes

Example

In Jan 2006 the current Pope, the 266th (according to the standard enumeration), was Benedict XVI, so a(266) = 16.

Crossrefs

Cf. A106806, A244341.

Sequence in context: A369936 A374326 A318829 * A103754 A375668 A058665

Adjacent sequences: A113512 A113513 A113514 * A113516 A113517 A113518

Keyword

nonn,fini,less

Author

N. J. A. Sloane, Jan 13 2006

Status

approved