OFFSET
1,2
COMMENTS
a(n) is the length of the n-th term of many sequences generated by methods A and B, including those shown here:
Method A, 1st term ... Method B, 1st term
A001155, 0
Clark Kimberling, Jun 14 2013
LINKS
Peter J. C. Moses, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..3000
MATHEMATICA
a[0] = 2; a[n_] := a[n] = FromDigits[Flatten[{First[#], Length[#]} & /@ Split[IntegerDigits[a[n - 1]]]]]; Map[Length[IntegerDigits[a[#]]] &, Range[0, 40]] (* Peter J. C. Moses, Jun 14 2013 *)
p = {9, -9, 6, -16, 5, 2, 0, -9, -1, -1, 20, 2, 6, -3, -15, -13, 15, 20, 15, -26, -28, 7, 6, 26, -27, -4, 9, -15, 3, 2, 8, 43, 9, -39, -24, -2, -24, 28, 9, 13, 13, -18, -12, -16, 14, 13, 16, 8, -36, 1, -6, -8, 15, 1, 14, 3, -6, -7, -3, 2, -2, 2, 2, 0, -1, -2, -1, 3, 3, -1, -1, -1}; q = {-6, 9, -9, 18, -16, 11, -14, 8, -1, 5, -7, -2, -8, 14, 5, 5, -19, -3, 6, 7, 6, -16, 7, -8, 22, -17, 12, -7, -5, -7, 8, -4, 7, 9, -13, 4, 6, -14, 14, -19, 7, 13, -2, 4, -18, 0, 1, 4, 12, -8, 5, 0, -8, -1, -7, 8, 5, 2, -3, -3, 0, 0, 0, 0, 2, 1, 0, -3, -1, 1, 1, 1, -1}; gf = Fold[x #1 + #2 &, 0, p]/Fold[x #1 + #2 &, 0, q]; CoefficientList[Series[gf, {x, 0, 100}], x] (* Peter J. C. Moses, Jun 16 2013 *)
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
STATUS
approved