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A001141
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Describe the previous term! (method A - initial term is 5).
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5, 15, 1115, 3115, 132115, 1113122115, 311311222115, 13211321322115, 1113122113121113222115, 31131122211311123113322115, 132113213221133112132123222115
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OFFSET
| 1,1
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COMMENTS
| Method A = 'frequency' followed by 'digit'-indication.
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REFERENCES
| J. H. Conway, The weird and wonderful chemistry of audioactive decay, in T. M. Cover and Gopinath, eds., Open Problems in Communication and Computation, Springer, NY 1987, pp. 173-188.
S. R. Finch, Mathematical Constants, Cambridge, 2003, pp. 452-455.
I. Vardi, Computational Recreations in Mathematica. Addison-Wesley, Redwood City, CA, 1991, p. 4.
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LINKS
| T. D. Noe, Table of n, a(n) for n=1..20
S. R. Finch, Conway's Constant
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EXAMPLE
| E.g. the term after 3115 is obtained by saying "one 3, two 1's, one 5", which gives 132115.
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MATHEMATICA
| RunLengthEncode[ x_List ] := (Through[ {First, Length}[ #1 ] ] &) /@ Split[ x ]; LookAndSay[ n_, d_:1 ] := NestList[ Flatten[ Reverse /@ RunLengthEncode[ # ] ] &, {d}, n - 1 ]; F[ n_ ] := LookAndSay[ n, 5 ][ [ n ] ]; Table[ FromDigits[ F[ n ] ], {n, 1, 11} ] - Zerinvary Lajos (zerinvarylajos(AT)yahoo.com), Mar 21 2007
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CROSSREFS
| Cf. A001155, A005150, A006751, A006715, A001140, A001143, A001145, A001151, A001154.
Sequence in context: A053926 A112273 A112515 * A177364 A138489 A022509
Adjacent sequences: A001138 A001139 A001140 * A001142 A001143 A001144
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KEYWORD
| nonn,base,easy,nice
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AUTHOR
| N. J. A. Sloane (njas(AT)research.att.com).
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