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A059095 List consisting of the representation of n in base 3 using -1,0,1 for n=1,2,3,4,... 2
1, 1, -1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, -1, -1, 1, -1, 0, 1, -1, 1, 1, 0, -1, 1, 0, 0, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, -1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, -1, -1, -1, 1, -1, -1, 0, 1, -1, -1, 1, 1, -1, 0, -1, 1, -1, 0, 0, 1, -1, 0, 1, 1, -1, 1, -1, 1, -1, 1, 0, 1, -1, 1, 1, 1, 0, -1, -1, 1, 0, -1, 0, 1, 0, -1, 1, 1, 0, 0, -1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1, -1, 1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, -1, -1 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; internal format)
OFFSET

0,1

COMMENTS

Every natural number n has a unique representation as n = sum i=1 ... k e(i)*(3^i) for some k where e(i) is one of -1,0,1. Example: 25 = 27-3+1= 1*3^3+0*3^2+(-1)*3^1+1*3^0 so its representation is 1,0,-1,1. So by writing n in this base 3 representation and juxtaposing we get the sequence: (1),(1,-1),(1,0),(1,1),(1,-1,-1),...

REFERENCES

D. E. Knuth, The Art of Computer Programming, Addison-Wesley, Reading, MA, Vol 2, pp 173-175.

LINKS

Wikipedia, Balanced Ternary

FORMULA

n = Sum(a(A134421(n)-2-k)*3^k: 0 <= k < A134021(n)), for n>0. - Reinhard Zumkeller (reinhard.zumkeller(AT)gmail.com), Oct 25 2007

CROSSREFS

A003137.

Sequence in context: A071027 A099990 A089939 * A105597 A071026 A153490

Adjacent sequences:  A059092 A059093 A059094 * A059096 A059097 A059098

KEYWORD

tabf,sign

AUTHOR

Avi Peretz (njk(AT)netvision.net.il), Feb 13 2001

EXTENSIONS

More terms from Larry Reeves (larryr(AT)acm.org), Jul 20 2001

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