A212661 - OEIS

A212661

a(n) = smallest number of edges that must be removed from K_n to obtain a graceful graph.

0, 0, 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 12, 16, 20, 23, 26, 30, 35, 41, 48, 52, 57, 63, 70, 78, 87, 93

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OFFSET

3,4

REFERENCES

G. S. Bloom and S. W. Golomb, Numbered complete graphs, unusual rulers, and assorted applications. Theory and Applications of Graphs, Lecture Notes in Math. 642, (1978), 53-65.

Rhys Price Jones, Gracelessness, Proc. 10th S.-E. Conf. Combin., Graph Theory and Computing, 1979, pp. 547-552. - From N. J. A. Sloane, Jun 05 2012

Miller, J. C. P. Difference bases. Three problems in additive number theory. Computers in number theory (Proc. Sci. Res. Council Atlas Sympos. No. 2, Oxford, 1969), pp. 299--322. Academic Press, London,1971. MR0316269 (47 #4817) - From N. J. A. Sloane, Jun 05 2012

LINKS

Table of n, a(n) for n=3..26.

G. S. Bloom and S. W. Golomb, Applications of numbered undirected graphs, Proc. IEEE 65 (1977), 562-570.

Index entries for sequences related to Golomb rulers

FORMULA

n(n-1)/2 = a(n)+A004137(n). - Kellen Myers, Jun 06 2016

CROSSREFS

Cf. A003022, A078106, A004137.

Sequence in context: A056833 A275534 A069355 * A288511 A249058 A105771

Adjacent sequences: A212658 A212659 A212660 * A212662 A212663 A212664

KEYWORD

nonn,more

AUTHOR

N. J. A. Sloane, Jun 05 2012

EXTENSIONS

a(26) using extension of A004137 from Hugo Pfoertner, Feb 28 2021

STATUS

approved