A260372 Number of haystack arrangements with n bales.
1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 1, 3, 2, 2, 2, 3, 2, 4, 2, 3, 2, 4, 1, 5, 2, 2, 3, 4, 3, 4, 2, 4, 3, 5, 1, 6, 3, 2, 3, 5, 1, 6, 3, 5, 3, 4, 2, 5, 3, 3, 3, 6, 2, 8, 2, 3, 4, 5, 3, 7, 2, 3, 3, 8, 2, 5, 4, 4, 4, 4, 2, 8, 2, 6, 2, 7, 2, 7, 3, 3, 5, 5, 1, 8, 4, 3, 5, 6, 4, 7, 2, 6, 2, 8, 3, 7, 3, 3, 5, 7, 1, 8, 3, 7
Offset: 1
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Examples
a(14)=4 since there are 4 haystacks with 14 bales: (x=3,x=3,h=3), (x=2,x=5,h=2), (x=2,y=7,h=1), (x=1,y=14,h=1).
Programs
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PARI
s(x,y,h) = h*(6*x*y-3*(x+y)*(h-1) + (h-1)*(2*h-1))/6 ; a(n) = my(nbc); for (y=1, n, for(x=1, y, for (h=0, min (x,y), if (s(x,y,h) == n, nbc++)))); nbc; \\ Michel Marcus, Apr 30 2016
Formula
The size of the haystack s(x,y,h) = h(6xy-3(x+y)(h-1) + (h-1)(2h-1))/6 (courtesy of Sascha Troscheit).
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