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A005243 A self-generating sequence: start with 1 and 2, take all sums of any number of successive previous elements and adjoin them to the sequence. Repeat!
(Formerly M0623)
9
1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 10, 11, 14, 16, 17, 18, 19, 21, 22, 24, 25, 29, 30, 32, 33, 34, 35, 37, 40, 41, 43, 45, 46, 47, 49, 51, 54, 57, 58, 59, 60, 62, 65, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 75, 76, 77, 78, 80, 81, 82, 84, 86, 87, 88, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 99, 100 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; internal format)
OFFSET

1,2

COMMENTS

Most of the natural numbers are members. Conjecture: there are infinitely many nonmembers. Is there an estimate for a(k)/k ?

A118164(n) = number of representations of a(n) as sum of consecutive earlier terms. - Reinhard Zumkeller, Apr 13 2006

REFERENCES

R. K. Guy, Unsolved Problems in Number Theory, E31.

N. J. A. Sloane and Simon Plouffe, The Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences, Academic Press, 1995 (includes this sequence).

LINKS

T. D. Noe, Table of n, a(n) for n=1..1000

Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Hofstadter Sequences.

EXAMPLE

After 1,2,3,5,6 you can adjoin 8 = 3+5, 10 = 2+3+5, etc.

12 is not a term since it is not the sum of any set of consecutive previous terms.

MATHEMATICA

f[s_] := (ls = Length[s]; ft = Flatten[Table[Take[s, {j, k}], {j, 1, ls-1}, {k, j+1, ls}], 1]; Union[s, Apply[Plus, ft, {1}]]); Take[Nest[f, {1, 2, 3}, 5], 67]

(* From Jean-François Alcover, Jul 27 2011 *)

PROG

(Haskell)

a005243 n = a005243_list !! (n-1)

a005243_list = 1 : h [1] (singleton 2) where

   h xs s =

     m : h (m:xs) (foldl (flip insert) s'

                         (map (+ m) (map sum $ tail $ inits xs))) where

     (m, s') = deleteFindMin s

-- Reinhard Zumkeller, Jun 22 06 2011

CROSSREFS

Complement of A048973.

Cf. A118065, A118166.

Sequence in context: A135260 A179180 A085921 * A117045 A025055 A080276

Adjacent sequences:  A005240 A005241 A005242 * A005244 A005245 A005246

KEYWORD

nonn,nice,easy

AUTHOR

D. R. Hofstadter

EXTENSIONS

More terms from Jud McCranie (JudMcCranie(AT)ugaalum.uga.edu)

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