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A118375 Minimum over all permutations b of 1..n of sum b(i)*b^{-1}(i). +0
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1, 5, 11, 20, 35, 57, 85, 120, 165, 221, 287, 364, 455, 561, 681, 816, 969, 1141, 1331, 1540, 1771, 2025, 2301, 2600, 2925, 3277, 3655, 4060, 4495, 4961, 5457, 5984, 6545, 7141, 7771, 8436, 9139, 9881, 10661, 11480, 12341, 13245, 14191, 15180, 16215 (list; graph; listen)
OFFSET

1,2

COMMENT

The maximum obtainable is A000330, the square pyramidal numbers. Problem suggested by Leroy Quet.

LINKS

Leroy Quet, Home Page (listed in lieu of email address)

sci.math thread.

FORMULA

a(n) = T(n) + e(n), where T(n) = n(n+1)(n+2)/6 = A000292(n) is the tetrahedal numbers and e(n) = 0 if n = 0,1 (mod 4) and 1 if n = 2,3 (mod 4). (Published by Rob Johnson in sci.math.)

CROSSREFS

Cf. A000292, A000330.

Sequence in context: A032527 A026038 A080957 this_sequence A099400 A139534 A166480

Adjacent sequences: A118372 A118373 A118374 this_sequence A118376 A118377 A118378

KEYWORD

nonn

AUTHOR

Frank Adams-Watters (FrankTAW(AT)Netscape.net), May 15 2006

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