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find position of 2015 in a table

Source: JBMO Shortlist 2015 C3

April 24, 2019
combinatoricspositive integersArraytable

Problem Statement

Positive integers are put into the following table.
\begin{tabular}{|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|} \hline 1 & 3 & 6 & 10 & 15 & 21 & 28 & 36 & & \\ \hline 2 & 5 & 9 & 14 & 20 & 27 & 35 & 44 & & \\ \hline 4 & 8 & 13 & 19 & 26 & 34 & 43 & 53 & & \\ \hline 7 & 12 & 18 & 25 & 33 & 42 & & & & \\ \hline 11 & 17 & 24 & 32 & 41 & & & & & \\ \hline 16 & 23 & & & & & & & & \\ \hline ... & & & & & & & & & \\ \hline ... & & & & & & & & & \\ \hline \end{tabular}
Find the number of the line and column where the number 20152015 stays.