OFFSET
1,2
FORMULA
(See the Mathematica code.)
a(n) = n+m-3 if 2*n <= (m-2)*(m+3) and a(n) = n+m-2 otherwise, where m = floor(sqrt(8*n+25)/2). - Chai Wah Wu, Nov 05 2025
MATHEMATICA
a=1/2; b=7/2;
F[n_]:=a*n^2+b*n;
R[n_]:=(n/a+((b-1)/(2a))^2)^(1/2);
G[n_]:=n-1+Ceiling[R[n]-(b-1)/(2a)];
Table[F[n], {n, 60}]
Table[G[n], {n, 100}]
PROG
(PARI) a(n)=n-1+ceil(sqrt(8*n+25)/2-5/2) \\ Charles R Greathouse IV, Jan 20 2016
(Python)
from math import isqrt
def A183292(n): return n-3+(m:=isqrt((n<<3)+25)>>1)+((n<<1)>(m-2)*(m+3)) # Chai Wah Wu, Nov 05 2025
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
Clark Kimberling, Jan 03 2011
STATUS
approved
