OFFSET
1,2
COMMENTS
The rectangle has this corner:
1, 2, 4, 7, 11, 16, 22, 29, ...
3, 5, 8, 12, 17, 23, 30, 38, ...
6, 9, 13, 18, 24, 31, 39, 48, ...
10, 14, 19, 25, 32, 40, 49, 59, ...
15, 20, 26, 33, 41, 50, 60, 71, ...
21, 27, 34, 42, 51, 61, 72, 84, ...
28, 35, 43, 52, 62, 73, 85, 98, ...
FORMULA
a(n) = A002260(prime(n)). - Kevin Ryde, Feb 12 2023
EXAMPLE
The 8th prime, 19, is in row 4, so a(8) = 4.
MATHEMATICA
s = Flatten[Table[Range[n], {n, 1, 40}]];
Table[s[[Prime[n]]], {n, 1, 100}]
PROG
(PARI) f(n) = n-binomial((sqrtint(8*n)+1)\2, 2); \\ A002260
a(n) = f(prime(n)); \\ Michel Marcus, Feb 24 2023
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
Clark Kimberling, Jul 30 2000
EXTENSIONS
Edited by Clark Kimberling, Feb 13 2023
STATUS
approved