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%I A221215 #36 Feb 16 2025 08:33:19 %S A221215 1,6,5,2,3,4,15,14,13,12,7,8,9,10,11,28,27,26,25,24,23,16,17,18,19,20, %T A221215 21,22,45,44,43,42,41,40,39,38,29,30,31,32,33,34,35,36,37,66,65,64,63, %U A221215 62,61,60,59,58,57,46,47,48,49,50,51,52,53,54,55,56,91 %N A221215 T(n,k)= ((n+k)^2-2*(n+k)+4-(n+3*k-2)*(-1)^(n+k))/2; n , k > 0, read by antidiagonals. %C A221215 Permutation of the natural numbers. %C A221215 a(n) is a pairing function: a function that reversibly maps Z^{+} x Z^{+} onto Z^{+}, where Z^{+} is the set of integer positive numbers. %C A221215 Enumeration table T(n,k). Let m be natural number. The order of the list: %C A221215 T(1,1)=1; %C A221215 T(1,3), T(2,2), T(3,1); %C A221215 T(2,1), T(1,2); %C A221215 . . . %C A221215 T(1,2*m+1), T(2,2*m), T(3,2*m-1), ... T(2*m+1,1); %C A221215 T(2*m,1), T(2*m-1,2), T(2*m-2,3),...T(1,2*m); %C A221215 . . . %C A221215 First row contains elements antidiagonal {T(1,2*m+1), ... T(2*m+1,1)}, read downwards. %C A221215 second row contains elements antidiagonal {T(1,2*m), ... T(2*m,1)}, read upwards. %C A221215 The same as A211394, except for reversed order in even diagonals. - _M. F. Hasler_, Feb 26 2013 %H A221215 Boris Putievskiy, <a href="/A221215/b221215.txt">Rows n = 1..140 of triangle, flattened</a> %H A221215 Boris Putievskiy, <a href="http://arxiv.org/abs/1212.2732">Transformations [of] Integer Sequences And Pairing Functions</a> arXiv:1212.2732 [math.CO], 2012. %H A221215 Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, <a href="https://mathworld.wolfram.com/PairingFunction.html">Pairing functions</a> %H A221215 <a href="/index/Per#IntegerPermutation">Index entries for sequences that are permutations of the natural numbers</a> %F A221215 As table %F A221215 T(n,k)= ((n+k)^2-2*(n+k)+4-(n+3*k-2)*(-1)^(n+k))/2. %F A221215 As linear sequence %F A221215 a(n) = (A003057(n)^2-2*A003057(n)+4-(A002260(n)+3*A004736(n)-2)*(-1)^A003056(n))/2; a(n) = ((t+2)^2-2*(t+2)+4-(i+3*j-2)*(-1)^t)/2, %F A221215 where i=n-t*(t+1)/2, j=(t*t+3*t+4)/2-n, t=floor((-1+sqrt(8*n-7))/2). %e A221215 The start of the sequence as table: %e A221215 1....6...2..15...7..28..16... %e A221215 5....3..14...8..27..17..44... %e A221215 4...13...9..26..18..43..31... %e A221215 12..10..25..19..42..32..63... %e A221215 11..24..20..41..33..62..50... %e A221215 23..21..40..34..61..51..86... %e A221215 22..39..35..60..52..85..73... %e A221215 . . . %e A221215 The start of the sequence as triangle array read by rows: %e A221215 1; %e A221215 6,5; %e A221215 2,3,4; %e A221215 15,14,13,12; %e A221215 7,8,9,10,11; %e A221215 28,27,26,25,24,23; %e A221215 16,17,18,19,20,21,22; %e A221215 . . . %e A221215 Row number r contains r consecutive numbers. %e A221215 If r is odd, row is increasing. %e A221215 If r is even, row is decreasing. %t A221215 T[n_, k_] := ((n+k)^2 - 2(n+k) + 4 - (n+3k-2)(-1)^(n+k))/2; %t A221215 Table[T[n-k+1, k], {n, 1, 12}, {k, n, 1, -1}] // Flatten (* _Jean-François Alcover_, Jan 05 2019 *) %o A221215 (Python) %o A221215 t=int((math.sqrt(8*n-7) - 1)/ 2) %o A221215 i=n-t*(t+1)/2 %o A221215 j=(t*t+3*t+4)/2-n %o A221215 result=((t+2)**2-2*(t+2)+4-(i+3*j-2)*(-1)**t)/2 %Y A221215 Cf. A211394, A002260, A004736, A003057. %K A221215 nonn,tabl %O A221215 1,2 %A A221215 _Boris Putievskiy_, Feb 22 2013