OFFSET
1,3
COMMENTS
Wavelengths in hydrogen spectrum are given by Rydberg's formula 1/wavelength = constant*(1/m^2 - 1/n^2).
REFERENCES
J. E. Brady and G. E. Humiston, General Chemistry, 3rd. ed., Wiley; p. 77.
LINKS
Reinhard Zumkeller, Rows n=..100 of triangle, flattened
J. J. O'Connor and E. F. Robertson, Johannes Robert Rydberg
Eric Weisstein's World of Physics, Balmer Formula
EXAMPLE
Triangle 1/m^2-1/n^2, m >= 1, 1<=n<=m, (i.e. with rows reversed) begins
0
3/4, 0
8/9, 5/36, 0
15/16, 3/16, 7/144, 0
24/25, 21/100, 16/225, 9/400, 0
35/36, 2/9, 1/12, 5/144, 11/900, 0
MATHEMATICA
t[m_, n_] := Denominator[1/m^2 - 1/n^2]; Table[t[m, n], {n, 1, 12}, {m, n, 1, -1}] // Flatten (* Jean-François Alcover, Oct 17 2012 *)
PROG
(Haskell)
import Data.Ratio ((%), denominator)
a061036 n k = a061036_tabl !! (n-1) !! (k-1)
a061036_row = map denominator . balmer where
balmer n = map (subtract (1 % n ^ 2) . (1 %) . (^ 2)) [n, n-1 .. 1]
a061036_tabl = map a061036_row [1..]
-- Reinhard Zumkeller, Apr 12 2012
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
AUTHOR
N. J. A. Sloane, May 26 2001
EXTENSIONS
More terms from Naohiro Nomoto, Jul 15 2001
STATUS
approved