OFFSET
1,2
COMMENTS
It appears that in the square array A269526 the numbers generally appear for the first time in or near the first few rows.
LINKS
Alois P. Heinz, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..1000
EXAMPLE
Diagram with the first 18 positive integers located in the position where they appear for first time in the square array A269526:
1, 3, -, 6, -, -, 10, 11, 13, -, -, 18,
2, 4, 5, -, 8, -, -, 12, 14, 16, -,
-, -, -, -, 9, -, -, -, 15, 17,
-, -, -, -, -, -, -, -, -,
-, 7, -, -, -, -, -, -,
-, -, -, -, -, -, -,
-, -, -, -, -, -,
-, -, -, -, -,
-, -, -, -,
-, -, -,
-, -,
-,
...
a(9) = 3 because in the square array A269526 the number 9 appears for the first time in the third row.
a(n) <= 6, for n = 1..80.
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
Omar E. Pol, Jul 02 2016
STATUS
approved