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A143190
a(n) is the smallest natural number we cannot obtain from n, n+1, n+2, n+3 and the operators +, -, *, /, using each number only once.
0
10, 29, 41, 43, 40, 44, 26, 21, 15, 15, 18, 18, 18, 10, 10, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5
OFFSET
1,1
COMMENTS
This sequence is related to the sequences A071110 (for 5 successive integers) and A060316 (for 6 successive integers) and others sequences to come...
Asymptotically (in fact as soon as n>=15), the sequence tends to 5.
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
Gilles A.Fleury, Oct 18 2008
STATUS
approved