Search: id:A002838 Results 1-1 of 1 results found. %I A002838 M1419 N0556 %S A002838 1,2,5,12,32,94,289,910,2934,9686,32540,110780,381676,1328980,4669367, %T A002838 16535154,58965214,211591218,763535450,2769176514,10089240974, %U A002838 36912710568,135565151486,499619269774,1847267563742,6850369296298 %N A002838 Balancing weights on the integer line. %C A002838 Also number of partitions of n(n+1)/2 into up to n parts each no greater than n+1, partitions of n(n+3)/2 into exactly n parts each no greater than n+2 and partitions of n(n+1) into exactly n distinct parts each no greater than 2n+1, thus providing balancing solutions for n weights in distinct integer positions on [ -n,n] with a pivot at 0. - Henry Bottomley (se16(AT)btinternet.com), Aug 09 2002 %D A002838 R. E. Odeh and E. J. Cockayne, Balancing weights on the integer line, J. Combin. Theory, 7 (1969), 130-135. %D A002838 N. J. A. Sloane, A Handbook of Integer Sequences, Academic Press, 1973 (includes this sequence). %D A002838 N. J. A. Sloane and Simon Plouffe, The Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences, Academic Press, 1995 (includes this sequence). %F A002838 a(n) =A047997(n, n) =A067059(n, n+1). a(n) tends towards (sqrt(12)/pi)*4^n/ n^2 and something like (sqrt(12)/pi)*4^n/(n^2+1.85*n+0.8) seems to give an even closer approximation. - Henry Bottomley (se16(AT)btinternet.com), Aug 09 2002 %Y A002838 Cf. A047997. %Y A002838 Sequence in context: A148281 A148282 A148283 this_sequence A076822 A143657 A014326 %Y A002838 Adjacent sequences: A002835 A002836 A002837 this_sequence A002839 A002840 A002841 %K A002838 nonn,easy,nice %O A002838 1,2 %A A002838 N. J. A. Sloane (njas(AT)research.att.com). %E A002838 More terms from Henry Bottomley (se16(AT)btinternet.com), Aug 09 2002 Search completed in 0.001 seconds