A080646 a(1) = 3; for n>1, a(n) is taken to be the smallest integer greater than a(n-1) which is consistent with the condition "if n is a member of the sequence then a(n) is divisible by 3".

3, 4, 8, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 24, 28, 32, 36, 40, 44, 48, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 88, 92, 96, 100, 104, 108, 112, 116, 120, 124, 128, 132, 136, 140, 144, 148, 152, 156, 160, 164, 168

Offset

1,1

Links

Table of n, a(n) for n=1..73.

B. Cloitre, N. J. A. Sloane and M. J. Vandermast, Numerical analogues of Aronson's sequence, J. Integer Seqs., Vol. 6 (2003), #03.2.2.

B. Cloitre, N. J. A. Sloane and M. J. Vandermast, Numerical analogues of Aronson's sequence (math.NT/0305308)

Index entries for sequences of the a(a(n)) = 2n family

Formula

For k>=2 and i=0, ..., 4^k/2, a((4/3)*(4^(k-1)-1) + i) = (5*4^k-8)/6 + i, a((5*4^k-8)/6 + i) = (4/3)*(4^k-1) + 4*i. - N. J. A. Sloane, Mar 02 2003

{a(a(n))} = {4i, i >= 2}.

Crossrefs

Cf. A080639, A080640, A079000.

Sequence in context: A161538 A319980 A170885 * A187579 A050102 A022432

Adjacent sequences: A080643 A080644 A080645 * A080647 A080648 A080649

Keyword

nonn,easy

Author

Benoit Cloitre, Feb 12 2003

Status

approved