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A171975
Integer part of the circumsphere radius of a regular tetrahedron with edge length n.
4
0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 3, 4, 4, 5, 6, 6, 7, 7, 8, 9, 9, 10, 11, 11, 12, 12, 13, 14, 14, 15, 15, 16, 17, 17, 18, 18, 19, 20, 20, 21, 22, 22, 23, 23, 24, 25, 25, 26, 26, 27, 28, 28, 29, 30, 30, 31, 31, 32, 33, 33, 34, 34, 35, 36, 36, 37, 37, 38, 39, 39, 40, 41, 41, 42, 42, 43, 44, 44, 45, 45
OFFSET
1,4
COMMENTS
-3 <= 4*a(n) - 3*A171974(n) < 3;
a(n)*A171974(n) <= A007590(n).
LINKS
Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Tetrahedron
Wikipedia, Tetrahedron
FORMULA
a(n) = floor(n*sqrt(6)/4).
PROG
(Haskell)
a171975 = floor . (/ 4) . (* sqrt 6) . fromInteger
-- Reinhard Zumkeller, Dec 15 2012
CROSSREFS
Cf. A171973, A171972, A022840. Beatty sequence of A187110.
Sequence in context: A244229 A317596 A057355 * A160511 A079952 A055930
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
Reinhard Zumkeller, Jan 20 2010
STATUS
approved