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%I A186344 #4 Mar 30 2012 18:57:18 %S A186344 2,3,5,7,8,10,12,13,15,17,19,20,22,24,25,27,29,30,32,34,36,37,39,41, %T A186344 42,44,46,48,49,51,53,54,56,58,59,61,63,65,66,68,70,71,73,75,77,78,80, %U A186344 82,83,85,87,88,90,92,94,95,97,99,100,102,104,106,107,109,111,112,114,116,118,119,121,123,124,126,128,129,131,133,135,136,138,140,141,143,145,147,148,150,152,153,155,157,158,160,162,164,165,167,169,170 %N A186344 Adjusted joint rank sequence of (f(i)) and (g(j)) with f(i) after g(j) when f(i)=g(j), where f and g are the pentagonal numbers and the octagonal numbers. Complement of A186345. %e A186344 First, write %e A186344 1..5...12....22..35..... (pentagonal) %e A186344 1....8....21........40.. (octagonal) %e A186344 Then replace each number by its rank, where ties are settled by ranking the pentagonal number after the octagonal: %e A186344 a=(2,3,5,7,8,10,12,13,15,....)=A186344 %e A186344 b=(1,4,6,9,11,14,16,19,21,...)=A186345. %t A186344 (* adjusted joint ranking; general formula *) %t A186344 d=-1/2; u=3/2; v=-1/2; w=0; x=3; y=-2; z=0; %t A186344 h[n_]:=-y+(4x(u*n^2+v*n+w-z-d)+y^2)^(1/2); %t A186344 a[n_]:=n+Floor[h[n]/(2x)]; %t A186344 k[n_]:=-v+(4u(x*n^2+y*n+z-w+d)+v^2)^(1/2); %t A186344 b[n_]:=n+Floor[k[n]/(2u)]; %t A186344 Table[a[n], {n, 1, 100}] (* A186344 *) %t A186344 Table[b[n], {n, 1, 100}] (* A186345 *) %Y A186344 Cf. A186342, A186343, A186345. %K A186344 nonn %O A186344 1,1 %A A186344 _Clark Kimberling_, Feb 18 2011