decompwlj 3D

Beatty sequence for sqrt(8)

A022842 on the OEIS · family Beatty · also known as floor(n sqrt 8)

Weight–level plate of Beatty sequence for sqrt(8)
Click the plate to explore it in 3-D. Weight k across, level L up, both on log scales: blue in the weight class (k ≤ L), orange in the level class (k > L). The dashed diagonal is k = L.
Open in the 3-D viewerA022842 on the OEIS
Terms100,000 (n = 1 … 100,000)
Decomposable (a > 2d)99,998
Level class, k > L16,008 · 16.01 %
Weight class, k ≤ L83,990 · 83.99 %
Ties, k = L36
On the level line L = 18,684
Forced level, l ≤ d²2
Range of a(n)2 … 282,842
Range of the jump d2 … 3
Largest weight k, level L282,797, 94,267

floor(n sqrt 8). Gaps 2 and 3. The level share is 16.01 %; L = 1 holds 54 % of the level class.

The decomposition

Every term of a strictly increasing sequence is written a(n) = k(n)·L(n) + d(n): the jump d = a(n+1) − a(n), the weight k the least divisor of a − d greater than d, the level L = (a − d)/k. A term decomposes when a > 2d; it is in the level class when k > L and in the weight class when k ≤ L. See decompwlj.com and arXiv:0711.0865, or how it works, with worked examples and a live one.