A112330 a(n) is the number of terms in the n-th row of A106394.
1, 2, 3, 3, 4, 5, 6, 5, 7, 8, 7, 6, 9, 7, 8, 8, 9, 8, 8, 9, 8, 11, 11, 11, 11, 9, 14, 10, 15, 12, 12, 15, 11, 14, 10, 14, 12, 13, 12, 16, 15, 13, 12, 12, 17, 13, 16, 16, 15, 16, 19, 14, 17, 16, 16, 21, 15, 18, 16, 18, 18, 18, 19, 21, 20, 19, 20, 22, 17, 20, 27, 19, 25, 20, 18, 23, 24
Offset: 1
Keywords
Examples
H(4) = 1 + 1/2 + 1/3 + 1/4 = 25/12 has the Egyptian fraction expansion, by the greedy algorithm, of 1 + 1 + 1/12. Since there are 3 terms in this expansion, a(4) = 3.
Links
- Amiram Eldar, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..142
Programs
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Mathematica
egyptFraction[f_] := Ceiling[1/Most[NestWhileList[# - 1/Ceiling[1/#] &, f, # != 0 &]]]; a[n_] := Length[egyptFraction[HarmonicNumber[n]]]; Array[a, 100] (* Amiram Eldar, Apr 09 2022 *)
Extensions
More terms from David Wasserman, Apr 16 2009