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A309859
Irregular table read by rows where row(n) partitions n into distinct integers with maximal product.
2
1, 2, 3, 4, 3, 2, 4, 2, 4, 3, 5, 3, 4, 3, 2, 5, 3, 2, 5, 4, 2, 5, 4, 3, 6, 4, 3, 5, 4, 3, 2, 6, 4, 3, 2, 6, 5, 3, 2, 6, 5, 4, 2, 6, 5, 4, 3, 7, 5, 4, 3, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 7, 5, 4, 3, 2, 7, 6, 4, 3, 2, 7, 6, 5, 3, 2, 7, 6, 5, 4, 2, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 8, 6, 5, 4, 3, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 8, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 8, 7, 5, 4, 3, 2, 8, 7, 6, 4, 3, 2
OFFSET
1,2
COMMENTS
All of the inequalities in the proof [of the maximum formula by Doslic] are strict inequalities (> instead of >=). So the partition which is found to be optimal is not just >= any other, it is >. And hence it is unique. - Franklin T. Adams-Watters [Copied from the SeqFan discussion by J.-F. Alcover, Sep 19 2019]
LINKS
Jean-François Alcover, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..27908
Tomislav Doslic, Maximum product over partitions into distinct parts, J. of Integer Sequences, Vol. 8 (2005), Article 05.5.8.
EXAMPLE
The partitions of 10 into distinct addenda are {{10}, {9, 1}, {8, 2}, {7, 3}, {7, 2, 1}, {6, 4}, {6, 3, 1}, {5, 4, 1}, {5, 3, 2}, {4, 3, 2, 1}}, then the maximal product is attained with 5*3*2 = 30, so row(10) is {5, 3, 2}.
Table begins:
1
2
3
4
3, 2
4, 2
4, 3
5, 3
4, 3, 2
5, 3, 2
...
MATHEMATICA
$RecursionLimit = 2000;
b[n_, i_] := b[n, i] = If[i (i + 1)/2 < n, 0, If[n == 0, 1, Max[b[n, i - 1], i b[n - i, Min[n - i, i - 1]]]]];
A034893[n_] := b[n, n];
sol[n_, pro_] := Do[If[pro == Product[i, {i, j, m}]/k && n == (m - j + 1)*(j + m)/2 - k , Return[ {j, k, m}]], {j, 2, 3}, {m, Floor[Sqrt[2 n]], Ceiling[Sqrt[2 n]] + 1}, {k, j + 1, m}];
row[1] = {1}; row[4] = {4}; row[n_] := Module[{j, k, m}, {j, k, m} = sol[n, A034893[n]]; DeleteCases[Range[j, m], k] // Reverse];
Array[row, 100] // Flatten (* Jean-François Alcover, Sep 14 2019, after Alois P. Heinz in A034893 *)
CROSSREFS
Cf. A034893 (row products).
Sequence in context: A131731 A255480 A356014 * A341861 A303597 A251102
KEYWORD
nonn,tabf
AUTHOR
EXTENSIONS
b-file extended to 1000 rows by Jean-François Alcover, Sep 14 2019
STATUS
approved