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A168142
Count downwards from 2, then from 8, then from 18, then from ... 2*k^2, k>=1.
4
2, 1, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 18, 17, 16, 15, 14, 13, 12, 11, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 32, 31, 30, 29, 28, 27, 26, 25, 24, 23, 22, 21, 20, 19, 18, 17, 16, 15, 14, 13, 12, 11, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 50, 49, 48, 47, 46, 45, 44, 43, 42, 41, 40, 39, 38, 37, 36, 35, 34, 33, 32, 31
OFFSET
1,1
COMMENTS
Janet's extended enumeration of the periodic table of the elements.
The table is read from the right to the left.
REFERENCES
Charles Janet, La structure du Noyau de l'atome,consideree dans la Classification periodique des elements chimiques, Nov. 1927, N. 2, Beauvais, 67 pages, 3 leafleats, see page 15.
Charles Janet, Considerations sur la structure du noyau de l'atome, Dec 1929, N 5, Beauvais, 2+45 pp.,4 leaflets, see leaflets 2 and 3.
MATHEMATICA
Table[Reverse@ Range[2 n^2], {n, 5}] // Flatten (* Michael De Vlieger, Jul 22 2016 *)
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
Paul Curtz, Nov 19 2009
EXTENSIONS
Edited by R. J. Mathar, Feb 15 2010
STATUS
approved