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A052955 a(2n) = 2*2^n - 1, a(2n+1) = 3*2^n - 1. 14
1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 15, 23, 31, 47, 63, 95, 127, 191, 255, 383, 511, 767, 1023, 1535, 2047, 3071, 4095, 6143, 8191, 12287, 16383, 24575, 32767, 49151, 65535, 98303, 131071, 196607, 262143, 393215, 524287, 786431, 1048575, 1572863, 2097151, 3145727 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; internal format)
OFFSET

0,2

COMMENTS

a(n) = least k such that A056792(k) = n.

One quarter of the number of positive integer (n+2) X (n+2) arrays with every 2 X 2 subblock summing to 1. [From R. H. Hardin (rhhardin(AT)att.net), Sep 29 2008]

Number of length n+1 left factors of Dyck paths having no DUUs (here U=(1,1) and D=(1,-1)). Example: a(4)=7 because we have UDUDU, UUDDU, UUDUD, UUUDD, UUUDU, UUUUD, and UUUUU (the paths UDUUD, UDUUU, and UUDUU do not qualify).

Number of binary palindromes < 2^n [see A006995]. - Hieronymus Fischer, Feb 03 2012

LINKS

INRIA Algorithms Project, Encyclopedia of Combinatorial Structures 1026

Index to sequences with linear recurrences with constant coefficients, signature (1,2,-2).

FORMULA

-1+Sum(1/4*(3+4*_alpha)*_alpha^(-1-n), _alpha=RootOf(-1+2*_Z^2))

a(n)=2^(n/2)(3sqrt(2)/4+1-(3sqrt(2)/4-1)(-1)^n)-1. - Paul Barry (pbarry(AT)wit.ie), May 23 2004

G.f.: (1 + x - x^2)/((1 - x)*(1 - 2*x^2)). a(0) = 1, a(1) = 2, a(n+2) = 2*a(n) + 1.

a(n) = 1 + partial sum of A016116(k-1). - Robert G. Wilson v Jun 05 2004

A132340(a(n)) = A027383(n). - Reinhard Zumkeller (reinhard.zumkeller(AT)gmail.com), Aug 20 2007

a(n)=A027383(n-1)+1 for n>0. - Hieronymus Fischer (Hieronymus.Fischer(AT)gmx.de), Sep 15 2007

a(n)=A132666(a(n+1)-1). - Hieronymus Fischer (Hieronymus.Fischer(AT)gmx.de), Sep 15 2007

a(n)=A132666(a(n-1))+1 for n>0. - Hieronymus Fischer (Hieronymus.Fischer(AT)gmx.de), Sep 15 2007

A132666(a(n))=a(n+1)-1. - Hieronymus Fischer (Hieronymus.Fischer(AT)gmx.de), Sep 15 2007

a(n) = A027383(n+1)/2 - Zerinvary Lajos (zerinvarylajos(AT)yahoo.com), Mar 16 2008

a(n) = 2*a(n-2) + 1 [From Richard Torres (richyrich12887(AT)yahoo.com), Apr 22 2009]

a(n) = 2*a(n-2)+1, a(0)=1, a(1)=2.

a(n) = (5-(-1)^n)/2*2^floor(n/2)-1. - Hieronymus Fischer, Feb 03 2012

MAPLE

spec := [S, {S=Prod(Sequence(Prod(Union(Z, Z), Z)), Union(Sequence(Z), Z))}, unlabeled ]: seq(combstruct[count ](spec, size=n), n=0..20);

a[0]:=0:a[1]:=1:for n from 2 to 100 do a[n]:=2*a[n-2]+2 od: seq(a[n]/2, n=2..43); - Zerinvary Lajos (zerinvarylajos(AT)yahoo.com), Mar 16 2008

a[0]:=0:a[1]:=1:for n from 2 to 50 do a[n]:=2*a[n-2]+2 od: seq(a[n]+1, n=0..41); - Zerinvary Lajos (zerinvarylajos(AT)yahoo.com), Mar 20 2008

MATHEMATICA

f[n_] := If[EvenQ[n], 2^(n/2 + 1) - 1, 3*2^((n - 1)/2) - 1]; Table[ f[n], {n, 0, 41}] (from Robert G. Wilson v Jun 05 2004)

Clear[a, b, c, m, n]; a[m_] := Table[If[IntegerDigits[n, 2] == Reverse[IntegerDigits[n, 2]], IntegerDigits[n, 2], {0}], {n, 0, 2^m}]; b[m_] := Union[Sort[a[m]]]; c[m_] := Table[FromDigits[b[m][[n]], 2], {n, 1, Length[b[m]]}]; Table[Length[c[m]], {m, 1, 12}] [From Roger L. Bagula (rlbagulatftn(AT)yahoo.com), Nov 06 2008]

a[0] = 1; a[1] = 2; a[n_] := a[n]= 2 a[n - 2] + 1; Array[a, 42, 0]

PROG

(Perl)# command line argument tells how high to take n

# Beyond a(38) = 786431 you may need a special code to handle large integers

# Mark A. Mandel 2010-12-29

  $lim = shift;

  sub show{};

$n = $incr = $P = 1;

show($n, $incr, $P);

$incr = 1;

for $n (2..$lim) {

    $P += $incr;

    show($n, $P, $incr, $P);

    $incr *=2 if ($n % 2); # double the increment after an odd n

}

sub show {

    my($n, $P) = @_;

    printf("%4d\t%16g\n", $n, $P);

}

(PARI) a(n)=(2+n%2)<<(n\2)-1 \\ Charles R Greathouse IV, Jun 19 2011

CROSSREFS

Cf. A000225 for even terms, A055010 for odd terms. See also A056792.

Essentially 1 more than A027383, 2 more than A060482. [Comment corrected by Klaus Brockhaus, Aug 09 2009]

Union of A000225 & A055010.

For partial sums see A027383.

Cf. A132666.

Sequence in context: A116601 A024792 A055771 * A177485 A165801 A022480

Adjacent sequences:  A052952 A052953 A052954 * A052956 A052957 A052958

KEYWORD

easy,nonn,changed

AUTHOR

encyclopedia(AT)pommard.inria.fr, Jan 25 2000

EXTENSIONS

Formula and more terms from Henry Bottomley (se16(AT)btinternet.com), May 03 2000. Additional comments from Robert G. Wilson v (rgwv(AT)rgwv.com), Jan 29 2001.

Added Perl code to generate sequence -- 2010-12-29, Mark A. Mandel (thnidu aT  g ma(il) doT c0m)

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