in reply to 2, 2, 2, 3, 7, 22, 83, ...

How appropriate. ;-)

Hint and spoiler:

The series in question is described by the following problem:

Given an unlimited supply of bananas, how far can a camel walk into the desert if it can carry only one banana at a time and if it eats one banana per mile?

The next integer in the series: 326
Original problem and solution: http://www.research.att.com/~njas/sequences/A094062
The series used for this poll: http://www.research.att.com/~njas/sequences/A101360

The latter series describes the number of bananas needed for the camel to walk into the desert at least n miles (in this case, 326 bananas are needed to go 7 miles).

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Re^2: 2, 2, 2, 3, 7, 22, 83, ...
by jbrugger (Parson) on Feb 06, 2006 at 13:45 UTC
    Wow, now that you spoiled me, (and i guessed wrong of course) i admit i never saw
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    this coming!
    Thanks for the enlightment, and making me feel a complete idiot :)

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Re^2: 2, 2, 2, 3, 7, 22, 83, ...
by davido (Cardinal) on Feb 06, 2006 at 16:53 UTC
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