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A006696 a(n) = min_{k=1..n} (a(k-1) + 2^k*(n+a(n-k)).
(Formerly M1836)
0
2, 8, 22, 50, 110, 226, 464, 938, 1888, 3794, 7598, 15208, 30438, 60890, 121792, 243606, 487238, 974488, 1948998, 3898034, 7796078, 15592168, 31184358, 62368754, 124737534 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; internal format)
OFFSET

1,1

REFERENCES

M. V. Connolly and W. J. Knight, ``Search in an array in which probe costs grow exponentially or factorially,'' preprint, 1990.

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

CROSSREFS

Sequence in context: A153827 A137101 A094533 * A094939 A006732 A005803

Adjacent sequences:  A006693 A006694 A006695 * A006697 A006698 A006699

KEYWORD

nonn,nice,easy

AUTHOR

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

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