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A154645
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a(n) is the ratio of the sum of the squares of the bends of the spheres that are added in the n-th generation of Apollonian packing of three-dimensional spheres, using "strategy (b)" to count them (see the reference), to the sum of the squares of the bends of the initial five mutually tangent spheres.
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12
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OFFSET
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0,2
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COMMENTS
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In strategy (b) we count all spheres that can be generated (by reflection) from all quintuples that appeared in the previous generation.
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EXAMPLE
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Starting with five spheres with bends 0,0,1,1,1, the first derived generation has 5 spheres with bends 1,1,1,3,3, so a(2) = 9/3 = 3.
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CROSSREFS
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For other sequences relating to the 3-dimensional case, see A154638-A154645.
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KEYWORD
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hard,more,nonn
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AUTHOR
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STATUS
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approved
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