Beatty 序列是一個譜序列,其基數為無理數。換句話說,對應於無理數 的 Beatty 序列由
,
,
, ..., 給出,其中
是向下取整函式。如果
和
是正無理數,使得
那麼 Beatty 序列 ,
, ... 和
,
, ... 一起包含所有正整數,且不重複。
下表給出了 和
的特定值的序列 (Sprague 1963; Wells 1986, pp. 35 and 40),其中
是黃金比例。
| 引數 | OEIS | 序列 |
| A001951 | 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, ... | |
| A001952 | 3, 6, 10, 13, 17, 20, 23, 27, 30, ... | |
| A022838 | 1, 3, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12, 13, 15, 17, ... | |
| A054406 | 2, 4, 7, 9, 11, 14, 16, 18, 21, 23, 26, ... | |
| A022843 | 2, 5, 8, 10, 13, 16, 19, 21, 24, 27, 29, ... | |
| A054385 | 1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 9, 11, 12, 14, 15, 17, 18, ... | |
| A022844 | 3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18, 21, 25, 28, 31, 34, ... | |
| A054386 | 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10, 11, 13, 14, 16, 17, 19, ... | |
| A000201 | 1, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 11, 12, 14, 16, 17, 19, 21, ... | |
| A001950 | 2, 5, 7, 10, 13, 15, 18, 20, 23, 26, 28, 31, 34, ... |