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A061043 Numerator of 1/25 - 1/n^2. 15

%I #26 Jul 28 2022 20:27:56

%S 0,11,24,39,56,3,96,119,144,171,8,231,264,299,336,3,416,459,504,551,

%T 24,651,704,759,816,7,936,999,1064,1131,48,1271,1344,1419,1496,63,

%U 1656,1739,1824,1911,16,2091,2184,2279,2376,99,2576,2679,2784

%N Numerator of 1/25 - 1/n^2.

%C From Pfund spectrum of hydrogen. Wavelengths in hydrogen spectrum are given by Rydberg's formula 1/wavelength = constant*(1/m^2 - 1/n^2).

%C a(n) = (n+5)^2-25 = n*(n+10) except a(5p) for p positive. Second (with m=5) of this kind after A061039, Paschen (m=3) and before A061047, Hansen-Strong (m=7). For the fourth, what is the value of m in 1/m^2-1/n^2? m=9? - _Paul Curtz_, Nov 01 2008

%D J. E. Brady and G. E. Humiston, General Chemistry, 3rd. ed., Wiley; p. 78.

%H Reinhard Zumkeller, <a href="/A061043/b061043.txt">Table of n, a(n) for n = 5..10000</a>

%H J. J. O'Connor and E. F. Robertson, <a href="http://www-groups.dcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Rydberg.html">Johannes Robert Rydberg</a>

%H Eric Weisstein's World of Physics, <a href="http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/physics/BalmerFormula.html">Balmer Formula</a>

%t Numerator[1/25-1/Range[5,60]^2] (* _Harvey P. Dale_, Jan 28 2013 *)

%o (Haskell)

%o import Data.Ratio ((%), numerator)

%o a061043 = numerator . (1 % 25 -) . recip . (^ 2) . fromIntegral

%o -- _Reinhard Zumkeller_, Jan 06 2014

%o (PARI) a(n)=numerator(1/25 - 1/n^2) \\ _Charles R Greathouse IV_, Feb 06 2017

%o (Python)

%o from fractions import Fraction

%o def a(n): return (Fraction(1, 25) - Fraction(1, n*n)).numerator

%o print([a(n) for n in range(5, 54)]) # _Michael S. Branicky_, Nov 19 2021

%Y Cf. A061035-A061050.

%K nonn,easy,frac,nice

%O 5,2

%A _N. J. A. Sloane_, May 26 2001

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