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A214988
Beatty sequence for sqrt(r), where r = (1+sqrt(5))/2 = golden ratio; complement of A214989.
2
1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 19, 20, 21, 22, 24, 25, 26, 27, 29, 30, 31, 33, 34, 35, 36, 38, 39, 40, 41, 43, 44, 45, 47, 48, 49, 50, 52, 53, 54, 55, 57, 58, 59, 61, 62, 63, 64, 66, 67, 68, 69, 71, 72, 73, 75, 76, 77, 78, 80, 81, 82, 83, 85, 86
OFFSET
1,2
LINKS
FORMULA
a(n) = floor(t*n), where t=sqrt((1+sqrt(5))/2).
EXAMPLE
a(1) = floor(t) = 1, a(2) = floor(2*t) = 2, where t=sqrt((1+sqrt(5))/2).
MATHEMATICA
r = Sqrt[GoldenRatio]; s = r/(r - 1);
Table[Floor[r*n], {n, 1, 120}] (* A214988 *)
Table[Floor[s*n], {n, 1, 120}] (* A214989 *)
CROSSREFS
Cf. A214989.
Sequence in context: A037459 A020654 A182777 * A028804 A345475 A191894
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
Clark Kimberling, Oct 28 2012
STATUS
approved