OFFSET
1,2
COMMENTS
This version ignores the offset of A_n and just counts from the beginning of the terms shown in the OEIS entry.
Thus a(8) = 6 because A_8 begins 1,1,2,2,3,4,5,6,... [even though A_8(8) is really 7].
The value a(n) = -1 could arise in two different ways, but it will be easy to decide which. - N. J. A. Sloane, Nov 27 2016
From M. F. Hasler, Sep 22 2013: (Start)
The value of a(91967) can be chosen at will.
Note that this sequence may change if the initial terms in A_n are altered, which does happen from time to time, usually because of the addition of an initial term.
After a(47), currently unknown, the sequence continues with a(48) = A48(47) = 1497207322929, a(49) = A49(48) = unknown, a(50) = A50(49) = unknown, a(51) = A51(50) = 1125899906842625, a(52)=97, a(53) = -1 (since A000053 has only 29 terms). (End)
a(58) = A000058(57) = 138752...985443 (29334988649136302 digits) is too large to include in the b-file. - Pontus von Brömssen, May 21 2022
LINKS
Pontus von Brömssen, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..57 (terms n = 1..46 from M. F. Hasler)
N. J. A. Sloane, My favorite integer sequences, in Sequences and their Applications (Proceedings of SETA '98).
EXAMPLE
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
sign
AUTHOR
Proposed by several people, including Jeff Burch and Michael Joseph Halm
EXTENSIONS
Corrected and extended by Jud McCranie; further extended by N. J. A. Sloane and E. M. Rains, Dec 08 1998
Corrected and extended by N. J. A. Sloane, May 25 2005
a(26), a(36) and a(42) corrected by M. F. Hasler, Jan 30 2009
a(43) and a(44) added by Daniel Sterman, Nov 27 2016
a(1) corrected by N. J. A. Sloane, Nov 27 2016 at the suggestion of Daniel Sterman
Definition and comments changed by N. J. A. Sloane, Nov 27 2016
STATUS
approved