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A119661 Maximum possible number of a pairwise elastic collisions in a dynamic system of 3 point masses m1,m2,m3 on a line, where m1 = n*m2 = m3. +0
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3, 3, 4, 4, 5, 5, 6, 6, 6, 7, 7, 7, 8, 8, 8, 9, 9, 9, 9, 10, 10, 10, 10, 11, 11, 11, 11, 11, 12, 12, 12, 12, 12, 13, 13, 13, 13, 13, 14, 14, 14, 14, 14, 14, 15, 15, 15, 15, 15, 15, 15, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 17, 17, 17, 17, 17, 17, 17, 18, 18, 18, 18, 18, 18, 18, 18, 19, 19, 19, 19 (list; graph; listen)
OFFSET

1,1

COMMENT

a(n) = N(m1,m2,m3) is independent of initial velocities and coordinates of masses m1,m2,m3. N(m1,m2,m3) = -IntegerPart[ -Pi/ArcCos[Sqrt[m1*m3/((m1+m2)*(m2+m3))]]].

REFERENCES

G. A. Galperin, A. N. Zemliakov, "Mathematical Billiards", "KVANT" Library, Issue 77, Moscow, Nauka, 1990, (in Russian). See p. 165.

LINKS

G. A. Galperin, A. N. Zemliakov, "Mathematical Billiards" (in Russian)

FORMULA

a(n) = -IntegerPart[ -Pi/ArcCos[n/(n+1)]].

MATHEMATICA

Table[ -IntegerPart[ -Pi/ArcCos[n/(n+1)]], {n, 1, 100}]

CROSSREFS

Sequence in context: A075324 A134993 A011375 this_sequence A120196 A120188 A097356

Adjacent sequences: A119658 A119659 A119660 this_sequence A119662 A119663 A119664

KEYWORD

nonn

AUTHOR

Alexander Adamchuk (alex(AT)kolmogorov.com), Jul 28 2006

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