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A004483 Tersum n + 2. 1
2, 0, 1, 5, 3, 4, 8, 6, 7, 11, 9, 10, 14, 12, 13, 17, 15, 16, 20, 18, 19, 23, 21, 22, 26, 24, 25, 29, 27, 28, 32, 30, 31, 35, 33, 34, 38, 36, 37, 41, 39, 40, 44, 42, 43, 47, 45, 46, 50, 48, 49, 53, 51, 52, 56, 54, 55, 59, 57, 58, 62, 60, 61, 65, 63, 64, 68, 66, 67 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; internal format)
OFFSET

0,1

COMMENTS

Tersum m + n: write m and n in base 3 and add mod 3 with no carries, e.g. 5 + 8 = "21" + "22" = "10" = 1.

Also Sprague-Grundy values for game of Wyt Queens.

REFERENCES

E. R. Berlekamp, J. H. Conway and R. K. Guy, Winning Ways, Academic Press, NY, 2 vols., 1982, see p. 76.

A. Dress, A. Flammenkamp and N. Pink, Additive periodicity of the Sprague-Grundy function of certain Nim games, Adv. Appl. Math., 22, p. 249-270 (1999).

FORMULA

Periodic with period and saltus 3: a(n) = 3[ n/3 ] + ((n+2) mod 3).

a(n)= -2 + Sum_{k=0..n}{1/3*(-2*(k mod 3)-2*((k+1) mod 3)+7*((k+2) mod 3)}, with n>=0 - Paolo P. Lava (paoloplava(AT)gmail.com), Oct 26 2007

CROSSREFS

This sequence is row 2 of table A004481.

Sequence in context: A163940 A112340 A037186 * A197808 A085650 A201910

Adjacent sequences:  A004480 A004481 A004482 * A004484 A004485 A004486

KEYWORD

nonn,easy

AUTHOR

N. J. A. Sloane (njas(AT)research.att.com).

EXTENSIONS

More terms from Erich Friedman (erich.friedman(AT)stetson.edu).

Edited by N. J. A. Sloane (njas(AT)research.att.com) at the suggestion of Philippe DELEHAM, Nov 20 2007

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