Search: id:A006338 Results 1-1 of 1 results found. %I A006338 M0087 %S A006338 2,1,2,1,1,2,1,2,1,2,1,1,2,1,2,1,1,2,1,2,1,2,1,1,2,1,2,1,1,2,1,2,1,1,2, %T A006338 1,2,1,2,1,1,2,1,2,1,1,2,1,2,1,2,1,1,2,1,2,1,1,2,1,2,1,2,1,1,2,1,2,1,1, %U A006338 2,1,2,1,1,2,1,2,1,2,1,1,2,1,2,1,1,2,1,2,1,2,1,1,2,1,2,1,1,2,1,2,1,1,2 %N A006338 An "eta-sequence": [ (n+1)*sqrt(2) + (1/2) ] - [ n*sqrt(2) + (1/2) ]. %C A006338 Equals its own "second derivative" (cf. A006337). %C A006338 Presumably this is the same as the following sequence from Hofstadter's book: the number of triangular numbers between each successive pair of squares. More precisely, a(n) is the number of triangular numbers T such that n^2 <= T < (n+1)^2. E.g. a(3) = 2 because 3^2 <= T < 4^2 permits T(4) = 10 and T(5) = 15 and no other triangular number. - Hugo van der Sanden (hv(AT)crypt.org), May 03 2005. %D A006338 Douglas Hofstadter, "Fluid Concepts and Creative Analogies", Chapter 1: "To seek whence cometh a sequence". %D A006338 N. J. A. Sloane and Simon Plouffe, The Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences, Academic Press, 1995 (includes this sequence). %Y A006338 Cf. A006337. %Y A006338 Sequence in context: A022300 A105690 A006337 this_sequence A020903 A133083 A083921 %Y A006338 Adjacent sequences: A006335 A006336 A006337 this_sequence A006339 A006340 A006341 %K A006338 nonn,easy,nice %O A006338 1,1 %A A006338 D. R. Hofstadter %E A006338 More terms from Antonio G. Astudillo (afg_astudillo(AT)lycos.com), Mar 28 2003 Search completed in 0.001 seconds