# Greetings from The On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences! http://oeis.org/ Search: id:a221919 Showing 1-1 of 1 %I A221919 #18 May 25 2019 22:09:49 %S A221919 2,3,1,4,5,2,5,3,7,1,6,7,8,9,2,7,2,1,5,11,1,8,9,10,11,12,13,2,9,5,11, %T A221919 3,13,7,15,1,10,11,4,13,14,5,16,17,2,11,3,13,7,3,4,17,9,19,1,12,13,14, %U A221919 15,16,17,18,19,20,21,2,13,7,5,1,17,1,19,5,7,11,23,1 %N A221919 Triangle of numerators of sum of two unit fractions: 1/n + 1/m, n >= m >= 1. %C A221919 The triangle of the corresponding denominators is given in A221918. %C A221919 See A221918 for comments on resistance, reduced mass and radius of the twin circles in Archimedes's arbelos, as well as references. %C A221919 The column sequences give A000027(n+1), A060819(n+2), A106610(n+3), A106617(n+4), A132739(n+5), A222464 for n >= m = 1,2,..., 6. %F A221919 a(n,m) = numerator(2/n + 1/m), n >= m >= 1, and 0 otherwise. %F A221919 A221918(n,m)/a(n,m) = R(n,m) = n*m/(n+m). 1/R(n,m) = 1/n + 1/m. %e A221919 The triangle a(n,m) begins: %e A221919 n\m 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 ... %e A221919 1: 2 %e A221919 2: 3 1 %e A221919 3: 4 5 2 %e A221919 4: 5 3 7 1 %e A221919 5: 6 7 8 9 2 %e A221919 6: 7 2 1 5 11 1 %e A221919 7: 8 9 10 11 12 13 2 %e A221919 8: 9 5 11 3 13 7 15 1 %e A221919 9: 10 11 4 13 14 5 16 17 %e A221919 10: 11 3 13 7 3 4 17 9 19 1 %e A221919 11: 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 15 20 21 2 %e A221919 12: 13 7 5 1 17 1 19 5 7 11 23 1 %e A221919 ... %e A221919 a(n,1) = n + 1 because R(n,1) = n/(n+1), gcd(n,n+1) = 1, hence denominator(R(n,m)) = n + 1. %e A221919 a(5,4) = 9 because R(5,4) = 20/9, gcd(20,9) = 1, hence denominator( R(5,4)) = 9. %e A221919 a(6,3) = 1 because R(6,3) = 18/9 = 2/1. %e A221919 For the rationals R(n,m) see A221918. %t A221919 a[n_, m_] := Numerator[1/n + 1/m]; Table[a[n, m], {n, 1, 12}, {m, 1, n}] // Flatten (* _Jean-François Alcover_, Feb 25 2013 *) %Y A221919 Cf. A221918 (companion triangle). %K A221919 nonn,easy,tabl,frac %O A221919 1,1 %A A221919 _Wolfdieter Lang_, Feb 21 2013 # Content is available under The OEIS End-User License Agreement: http://oeis.org/LICENSE