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A080427 a(1)=1 and, for n>1, a(n) is the smallest positive integer such that the absolute difference |a(n)-a(n-1)| has not occurred previously. 0
1, 1, 2, 4, 1, 5, 10, 1, 7, 14, 1, 9, 19, 1, 12, 24, 1, 15, 30, 1, 17, 34, 1, 20, 40, 1, 22, 44, 1, 25, 50, 1, 27, 54, 1, 29, 59, 1, 32, 64, 1, 35, 70, 1, 37, 74, 1, 39, 79, 1, 42, 84, 1, 45, 90, 1, 47, 94, 1, 49, 99, 1, 52, 104, 1, 55, 110, 1, 57, 114, 1, 60, 120, 1, 62, 124, 1, 65, 130 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; internal format)
OFFSET

1,3

COMMENTS

It appears (1) that a(3n+2)=1 for n=1,2,3,... and (2) that the sequence {a(3n+3)-a(3n)}={3,2,2,3,3,2,3,2,3,2,2,3,3,2,2,3,3,2,...} consists only of 2's and 3's and that the sequence of the lengths of runs of consecutive 3's in {a(3n+3)-a(3n)} is given by {1,2,1,1,2,2,2,1,...}=A026465.

CROSSREFS

Cf. A026465.

Sequence in context: A198512 A059573 A201283 * A118906 A085059 A181336

Adjacent sequences:  A080424 A080425 A080426 * A080428 A080429 A080430

KEYWORD

nonn

AUTHOR

John W. Layman (layman(AT)math.vt.edu), Feb 19 2003

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