OFFSET
1,2
COMMENTS
Decree that (row 1) = (1), (row 2) = (2), and (row 3) = (3). For n >= 4, row n consists of numbers in decreasing order generated as follows: x+1 for each x in row n-1 together with 2/x for each x in row n-1, and duplicates are rejected as they occur. Every positive rational number occurs exactly once in the resulting array. Let c(n) be the number of numbers in (row n); it appears that (c(n)) is not linearly recurrent.
LINKS
Clark Kimberling, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..3000
EXAMPLE
First 6 rows of the array of rationals:
1/1
2/1
3/1
4/1 ... 2/3
5/1 ... 5/3 ... 1/2
6/1 ... 8/3 ... 3/2 ... 6/5 ... 2/5
The numerators, by rows: 1,2,3,4,2,5,5,1,6,8,7,3,6,2.
MATHEMATICA
z = 12; g[1] = {1}; f1[x_] := x + 1; f2[x_] := 2/x; h[1] = g[1];
b[n_] := b[n] = DeleteDuplicates[Union[f1[g[n - 1]], f2[g[n - 1]]]];
h[n_] := h[n] = Union[h[n - 1], g[n - 1]];
g[n_] := g[n] = Complement [b[n], Intersection[b[n], h[n]]]
u = Table[Reverse[g[n]], {n, 1, z}]; v = Flatten[u];
Denominator[v] (* A243848 *)
Numerator[v] (* A243849 *)
Table[Length[g[n]], {n, 1, z}] (* A243850 *)
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn,easy,tabf,frac
AUTHOR
Clark Kimberling, Jun 12 2014
STATUS
approved