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A085423 floor(log_2(3n)). 2
1, 2, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; internal format)
OFFSET

1,2

COMMENTS

Length of the symmetric signed digit expansion of n with q=2 (i.e. the length of the representation of n in the (-1,0,1)_2 number system).

REFERENCES

C. Heuberger and H. Prodinger, On minimal expansions in redundant number systems: Algorithms and quantitative analysis, Computing 66(2001), 377-393.

CROSSREFS

Cf. A005578.

Sequence in context: A103586 A194847 A117806 * A130241 A130247 A087839

Adjacent sequences:  A085420 A085421 A085422 * A085424 A085425 A085426

KEYWORD

nonn,easy

AUTHOR

Ralf Stephan (ralf(AT)ark.in-berlin.de), Jun 30 2003

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