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A065678
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Minimum value t such that all quadruples of Diffy_length >= n have a maximal value >= t.
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5
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0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 3, 3, 4, 9, 11, 13, 31, 37, 44, 105, 125, 149, 355, 423, 504, 1201, 1431, 1705, 4063, 4841, 5768, 13745, 16377, 19513, 46499, 55403, 66012, 157305, 187427, 223317, 532159, 634061, 755476, 1800281, 2145013, 2555757, 6090307, 7256527
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OFFSET
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0,6
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COMMENTS
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Another version of A045794, which has further information including a formula.
For quadruples of nonnegative integers a, b, c, d we let diffy([a, b, c, d]) := [|a-b|, |b-c|, |c-d|, |d-a|] (i.e. the quadruple of absolute differences of neighboring values, cyclically speaking) and Diffy_length([a, b, c, d]) := min { n in N | diffy^n([a, b, c, d]) = [0, 0, 0, 0] } (i.e. the minimum number of diffy iterations needed to convert [a, b, c, d] into [0, 0, 0, 0]).
The "inverse" of sequence A065677 (i.e. A065678(n) = min {m | A065677(m) >= n})
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REFERENCES
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Raymond Greenwell, The Game of Diffy, Math. Gazette, Oct 1989, p. 222.
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LINKS
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Table of n, a(n) for n=0..42.
A. Behn, C. Kribs-Zaleta and V. Ponomarenko, The convergence of difference boxes, Amer. Math. Monthly 112 (2005), no. 5, 426-439.
J. Copeland and J. Haemer, Work: Differences Among Women, SunExpert, 1999, pp. 38-43.
Peter J. Kernan (pete(AT)theory2.phys.cwru.edu), Algorithm and code
Univ. Mass. Computer Science 121, The Diffy Game
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EXAMPLE
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Since Diffy_length([0,0,0,0]) = 0 and Diffy_length([0,0,0,1]) = 4, we have A065678(1) = A065678(2) = A065678(3) = A065678(4) = 1.
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CROSSREFS
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Cf. A065677
Sequence in context: A060372 A128036 A045794 * A022598 A107635 A132319
Adjacent sequences: A065675 A065676 A065677 * A065679 A065680 A065681
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KEYWORD
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nonn
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AUTHOR
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Jens Voß, Nov 13 2001
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STATUS
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approved
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