A178804 - cp's OEIS frontend

A178804 When dealing cards into 3 piles (Left, Center, Right), the number of cards in the n-th card's pile, if dealing in a pattern L, C, R, C, L, C, R, C, L, C, ... [as any thoughtful six-year-old will try to do when sharing a pile of candy among 3 people].

n	a(n)
1	1
2	1
3	1
4	2
5	2
6	3
7	2
8	4
9	3
10	5
11	3
12	6
13	4
14	7
15	4
16	8
17	5
18	9
19	5
20	10
21	6
22	11
23	6
24	12
25	7
26	13
27	7
28	14
29	8
30	15
31	8
32	16
33	9
34	17
35	9
36	18
37	10
38	19
39	10
40	20
41	11
42	21
43	11
44	22
45	12
46	23
47	12
48	24
49	13
50	25
51	13
52	26
53	14
54	27
55	14
56	28
57	15
58	29
59	15
60	30
61	16
62	31
63	16
64	32
65	17
66	33
67	17
68	34
69	18
70	35
71	18
72	36
73	19
74	37
75	19
76	38
77	20
78	39
79	20

[1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 2, 4, 3, 5, 3, 6, 4, 7, 4, 8, 5, 9, 5, 10, 6, 11, 6, 12, 7, 13, 7, 14, 8, 15, 8, 16, 9, 17, 9, 18, 10, 19, 10, 20, 11, 21, 11, 22, 12, 23, 12, 24, 13, 25, 13, 26, 14, 27, 14, 28, 15, 29, 15, 30, 16, 31, 16, 32, 17, 33, 17, 34, 18, 35, 18, 36, 19, 37, 19, 38, 20, 39, 20]

cp's OEIS Frontend

A178804 When dealing cards into 3 piles (Left, Center, Right), the number of cards in the n-th card's pile, if dealing in a pattern L, C, R, C, L, C, R, C, L, C, ... [as any thoughtful six-year-old will try to do when sharing a pile of candy among 3 people].

Table of values

List of values

n	a(n)
1	1
2	1
3	1
4	2
5	2
6	3
7	2
8	4
9	3
10	5
11	3
12	6
13	4
14	7
15	4
16	8
17	5
18	9
19	5
20	10
21	6
22	11
23	6
24	12
25	7
26	13
27	7
28	14
29	8
30	15
31	8
32	16
33	9
34	17
35	9
36	18
37	10
38	19
39	10
40	20
41	11
42	21
43	11
44	22
45	12
46	23
47	12
48	24
49	13
50	25
51	13
52	26
53	14
54	27
55	14
56	28
57	15
58	29
59	15
60	30
61	16
62	31
63	16
64	32
65	17
66	33
67	17
68	34
69	18
70	35
71	18
72	36
73	19
74	37
75	19
76	38
77	20
78	39
79	20

n	a(n)
1	1
2	1
3	1
4	2
5	2
6	3
7	2
8	4
9	3
10	5
11	3
12	6
13	4
14	7
15	4
16	8
17	5
18	9
19	5
20	10
21	6
22	11
23	6
24	12
25	7
26	13
27	7
28	14
29	8
30	15
31	8
32	16
33	9
34	17
35	9
36	18
37	10
38	19
39	10
40	20
41	11
42	21
43	11
44	22
45	12
46	23
47	12
48	24
49	13
50	25
51	13
52	26
53	14
54	27
55	14
56	28
57	15
58	29
59	15
60	30
61	16
62	31
63	16
64	32
65	17
66	33
67	17
68	34
69	18
70	35
71	18
72	36
73	19
74	37
75	19
76	38
77	20
78	39
79	20

n	a(n)
1	1
2	1
3	1
4	2
5	2
6	3
7	2
8	4
9	3
10	5
11	3
12	6
13	4
14	7
15	4
16	8
17	5
18	9
19	5
20	10
21	6
22	11
23	6
24	12
25	7
26	13
27	7
28	14
29	8
30	15
31	8
32	16
33	9
34	17
35	9
36	18
37	10
38	19
39	10
40	20
41	11
42	21
43	11
44	22
45	12
46	23
47	12
48	24
49	13
50	25
51	13
52	26
53	14
54	27
55	14
56	28
57	15
58	29
59	15
60	30
61	16
62	31
63	16
64	32
65	17
66	33
67	17
68	34
69	18
70	35
71	18
72	36
73	19
74	37
75	19
76	38
77	20
78	39
79	20