[seqfan] Re: A new sequence in Dutch magazine "Pythagoras"

[Neil Sloane]

I didn't want to leave this up in the air, so I created the entry for it:
see A278586.  Feel free to improve it.

Best regards
Neil

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On Thu, Dec 1, 2016 at 11:10 PM, Robert G. Wilson v <rgwv at rgwv.com> wrote:

> f[n_] := Length@ NestWhileList[# - Ceiling[#/n] &, n^2, # > 1 &];
> Array[f, 65]
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: SeqFan [mailto:seqfan-bounces at list.seqfan.eu] On Behalf Of Jon
> Schoenfield
> Sent: Thursday, December 01, 2016 7:41 PM
> To: Sequence Fanatics Discussion list
> Subject: [seqfan] Re: A new sequence in Dutch magazine "Pythagoras"
>
> The following Magma code gives the same set of terms as those listed for
> Pim Spelier's sequence on p. 20 of Pythagoras:
>
> a:=[];
> for n in [1..26] do
>    k:=n^2;
>    count:=0;
>    while k gt 0 do
>       count+:=1;
>       k-:=Ceiling(k/n);
>    end while;
>    a[n]:=count;
> end for;
> a;
>
> -- Jon
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Neil Sloane" <njasloane at gmail.com>
> To: "Sequence Fanatics Discussion list" <seqfan at list.seqfan.eu>
> Sent: Thursday, December 01, 2016 2:00 PM
> Subject: [seqfan] A new sequence in Dutch magazine "Pythagoras"
>
>
> > Dear Sequence Fans, In the June 2016 issue of Pythagoras
> > on pages 20 and 21 there is a new sequence from Pim Spelier.
> >
> > See http://www.pyth.eu/jaargangen/Pyth55-6.pdf
> >
> > It looks like Pythagoras had a competition to
> > find the best sequence not in the OEIS,
> > and this was the winner.  I think we should
> > add it to the OEIS, but my Dutch is not good enough
> > to give a clear definition.
> >
> > Maybe someone who speaks Dutch would be willing to submit the sequence
> (if
> > so, please tell me the A-number).
> >
> > Thanks to Omar Pol who found the magazine (there is also an article about
> > the toothpick sequence A139250).
> >
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