what sequences most need extending?
Ed Pegg Jr
edp at wolfram.com
Tue May 24 17:00:46 CEST 2005
My own personal favorite for extending is:
ID Number: A081287
URL: http://www.research.att.com/projects/OEIS?Anum=A081287
Sequence: 0,1,1,5,5,8,14,6,15,20,7,17,17,20,25,16,9,30,21,20,33
Name: Excess area when consecutive squares of size 1 to n are
packed into the smallest possible rectangle.
References R. M. Kurchan (editor), Puzzle Fun, Number 18 (December
1997), pp. 9-10.
Links: Ed Pegg Jr, Packing squares
http://www.maa.org/editorial/mathgames/mathgames_12_01_03.html
See also: Cf. A038666.
Does it ever go back down to zero? I'll pay $100 for a solution
to that.
The best known solution for 1-24 is
http://www.mathpuzzle.com/24sqB.gif
Ed Pegg Jr
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