OFFSET
1,2
COMMENTS
What defines this sequence? (This appears to be some sort of permutation of A130517 by shifting columns down or upwards in some randomized way.) - R. J. Mathar, Jul 22 2012
FORMULA
a(n) = A212122(n)/2.
EXAMPLE
Illustration of initial terms: two views of a three-dimensional shell model of nucleus.
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.| | | | | | | |1/2| | | | | | |
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.| | | | | | |----3/2----| | | | | |
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.| | | | | |--------5/2--------| | | | |
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.| | | | |------------7/2------------| | | |
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.| | | |----------------9/2---------------- | |
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.| | |-------------------11/2--------------------| |
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.| |-----------------------13/2------------------------|
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.* | * | * | * |1/2| * | * | * |
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.| * | * | * |----3/2----| * | * | *
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.* | * | * |--------5/2--------| * | * |
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.| * | * |------------7/2------------| * | *
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.* |-----------------------13/2------------------------|
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Written as an irregular triangle in which row n represents the n-th shell of nucleus. Note that row 4 has only one term. Triangle begins:
1;
2, 1;
3, 1, 2;
4;
2, 3, 1, 5;
4, 3, 2, 1, 6;
5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 7;
5, 3, 6, 4, 1, 2, 8;
...
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn,tabf,hard,more
AUTHOR
Omar E. Pol, Jun 03 2012
STATUS
approved