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A281530
Triangle read by rows: T(n,k) = number of terms for the shortest Egyptian fraction representation of k/n, 1 <= k < n.
3
1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 2, 1, 2, 2, 3, 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 1, 2, 3, 2, 3, 3, 1, 1, 2, 1, 2, 2, 3, 1, 2, 1, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 1, 1, 2, 2, 1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 1, 2, 2, 2, 3, 2, 3, 4, 4, 4, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3, 3, 3, 3, 2, 3, 3, 3, 3, 4, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 3, 1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 4, 1, 2, 1, 2, 1, 2, 3, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 3
OFFSET
2,3
COMMENTS
Not same as A050205. Example: the fraction 9/20 requires three terms in its greedy expansion, but 9/20 = 1/4 + 1/5, so T(20,9) = 2.
EXAMPLE
The triangle T(n,k) begins:
2: 1
3: 1 2
4: 1 1 2
5: 1 2 2 3
6: 1 1 1 2 2
7: 1 2 3 2 3 3
8: 1 1 2 1 2 2 3
9: 1 2 1 2 2 2 3 3
CROSSREFS
Cf. A281527.
Sequence in context: A029319 A243987 A050205 * A340260 A175190 A317685
KEYWORD
nonn,tabl
AUTHOR
STATUS
approved