A227042 Triangle of denominators of harmonic mean of n and m, 1 <= m <= n.

1, 3, 1, 2, 5, 1, 5, 3, 7, 1, 3, 7, 4, 9, 1, 7, 1, 1, 5, 11, 1, 4, 9, 5, 11, 6, 13, 1, 9, 5, 11, 3, 13, 7, 15, 1, 5, 11, 2, 13, 7, 5, 8, 17, 1, 11, 3, 13, 7, 3, 2, 17, 9, 19, 1, 6, 13, 7, 15, 8, 17, 9, 19, 10, 21, 1

Offset: 1

Author

Wolfdieter Lang, Jul 01 2013

Keywords

• nonn
• easy
• frac
• tabl

Comments

See the comments under A227041. a(n,m) gives the denominator of H(n,m) = 2*n*m/(n+m) in lowest terms.

Examples

			The triangle of denominators of H(n,m), called a(n,m) begins:
n\m  1   2   3   4   5    6    7    8    9   10  11 ...
1:   1
2:   3   1
3:   2   5   1
4:   5   3   7   1
5:   3   7   4   9   1
6:   7   1   1   5  11    1
7:   4   9   5  11   6   13    1
8;   9   5  11   3  13    7   15    1
9:   5  11   2  13   7    5    8   17    1
10: 11   3  13   7   3    2   17    9   19    1
11:  6  13   7  15   8   17    9   19   10   21   1
...
For the triangle of the rationals H(n,m) see the example section of A227041.
H(4,2) = denominator(16/6) = denominator(8/3) = 3 = 6/gcd(6,8) = 6/2.
		

Links

• Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Harmonic Mean.

Crossrefs

Cf. A227041, A026741 (column m=1), A000265 (m=2), A106619 (m=3), A227140(n+8) (m=4), A227108 (m=5), A221918/A221919.

Formula

a(n,m) = denominator(2*n*m/(n+m)), 1 <= m <= n.

a(n,m) = (n+m)/gcd(2*n*m, n+m) = (n+m)/gcd(n+m, 2*m^2), 1 <= m <= n.