History
Beatty sequences got their name from the problem posed in the American Mathematical Monthly by Samuel Beatty in 1926. It is probably one of the most often cited problems ever posed in the Monthly. However, even earlier, in 1894 such sequences were briefly mentioned by John W. Strutt (3rd Baron Rayleigh) in the second edition of his book The Theory of Sound.
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