A285492 a(n) is the least positive integer not already appearing such that no two distinct, unordered pairs of distinct points ((n, a(n)), (m, a(m))) and ((k, a(k)), (j, a(j))) have the same midpoint.
1, 2, 3, 5, 4, 8, 11, 6, 15, 12, 9, 7, 20, 25, 16, 30, 36, 10, 18, 47, 27, 38, 59, 13, 58, 73, 43, 81, 19, 26, 96, 14, 45, 109, 121, 72, 54, 44, 70, 17, 98, 137, 60, 156, 29, 113, 155, 92, 22, 145, 173, 63, 112, 46, 39, 136, 204, 24, 219, 174, 21, 237, 253, 80
Offset: 1
Examples
a(4) != 4 or else midpoint((4,4), (1,1)) = midpoint((2,2), (3,3)), thus a(4) = 5. a(6) != 6 or else midpoint((6,6), (3,3)) = midpoint((4,5), (5,4)); a(6) != 7 or else midpoint((6,7), (1,1)) = midpoint((3,3), (4,5)); thus a(6) = 8.
Links
- Giovanni Resta, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..3000 (first 650 terms from Peter Kagey)
Crossrefs
Cf. A285490.