A227568 - OEIS

%I #25 May 21 2018 15:12:05

%S 0,1,1,2,2,2,2,3,3,3,3,3,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,

%T 6,6,6,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,

%U 9,9,9,9,9,9,9,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10

%N Largest k such that a partition of n into distinct parts with boundary size k exists.

%C The boundary size is the number of parts having fewer than two neighbors.

%H Alois P. Heinz, <a href="/A227568/b227568.txt">Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..2000</a>

%F a(n) = max { k : A227345(n,k) > 0 } = max { k : A227551(n,k) > 0 }.

%F a(n) = floor(2*sqrt(n/3)).

%p b:= proc(n, i, t) option remember; `if`(n=0, `if`(t>1, 1, 0),

%p       `if`(i<1, 0, max(`if`(t>1, 1, 0)+b(n, i-1, iquo(t, 2)),

%p       `if`(i>n, 0, `if`(t=2, 1, 0)+b(n-i, i-1, iquo(t, 2)+2)))))

%p     end:

%p a:= n-> b(n$2, 0):

%p seq(a(n), n=0..100);

%t b[n_, i_, t_] := b[n, i, t] = If[n == 0, If[t > 1, 1, 0], If[i < 1, 0, Max[If[t > 1, 1, 0] + b[n, i - 1, Quotient[t, 2]], If[i > n, 0, If[t == 2, 1, 0] + b[n - i, i - 1, Quotient[t, 2] + 2]]]]];

%t a[n_] := b[n, n, 0];

%t Table[a[n], {n, 0, 100}] (* _Jean-François Alcover_, May 21 2018, translated from Maple *)

%Y Where records occur: A077043.

%Y Cf. A227345, A227551.

%K nonn

%O 0,4

%A _Alois P. Heinz_, Jul 16 2013