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A246390
Nonnegative integers k satisfying sin(k) <= 0 and sin(k+1) <= 0.
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4, 5, 10, 11, 16, 17, 22, 23, 24, 29, 30, 35, 36, 41, 42, 48, 49, 54, 55, 60, 61, 66, 67, 68, 73, 74, 79, 80, 85, 86, 92, 93, 98, 99, 104, 105, 110, 111, 112, 117, 118, 123, 124, 129, 130, 136, 137, 142, 143, 148, 149, 154, 155, 156, 161, 162, 167, 168, 173
OFFSET
0,1
COMMENTS
A246388 and A038130 (Beatty sequence for 2*Pi) partition A022844 (Beatty sequence for Pi). Likewise, A054386, the complement of A022844, is partitioned by A246389 and A246390. (See the Mathematica program.)
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MATHEMATICA
z = 400; f[x_] := Sin[x]
Select[Range[0, z], f[#]*f[# + 1] <= 0 &] (* A022844 *)
Select[Range[0, z], f[#] >= 0 && f[# + 1] <= 0 &] (* A246388 *)
Select[Range[0, z], f[#] <= 0 && f[# + 1] >= 0 &] (* A038130 *)
Select[Range[0, z], f[#]*f[# + 1] > 0 &] (* A054386 *)
Select[Range[0, z], f[#] >= 0 && f[# + 1] >= 0 &] (* A246389 *)
Select[Range[0, z], f[#] <= 0 && f[# + 1] <= 0 &] (* A246390 *)
SequencePosition[Table[If[Sin[n]<=0, 1, 0], {n, 200}], {1, 1}][[;; , 1]] (* Harvey P. Dale, Apr 02 2023 *)
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn,easy
AUTHOR
Clark Kimberling, Aug 24 2014
STATUS
approved