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A086845 a(1) = 0, a(n) = a([n/2]) + 2a(ceil(n/2)) + [n/2]. 0
0, 1, 3, 5, 9, 12, 16, 19, 27, 32, 38, 42, 50, 55, 61, 65, 81, 90, 100, 106, 118, 125, 133, 138, 154, 163, 173, 179, 191, 198, 206, 211, 243, 260, 278, 288, 308, 319, 331, 338, 362, 375, 389, 397, 413, 422, 432, 438, 470, 487, 505, 515, 535 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; internal format)
OFFSET

1,3

COMMENTS

Number of comparators used in Bose-Nelson networks.

REFERENCES

R. C. Bose and R. J. Nelson, A sorting problem, J. Assoc. Comput. Mach. 9 (1962), 282-296.

LINKS

P. J. Grabner and H.-K. Hwang, Digital sums and divide-and-conquer recurrences: Fourier expansions and absolute convergence

PROG

(PARI) a(n)=if(n<2, 0, a(floor(n/2))+2*a(ceil(n/2))+floor(n/2))

CROSSREFS

Cf. A064194.

Sequence in context: A003075 A061562 A006282 * A175098 A127722 A060419

Adjacent sequences:  A086842 A086843 A086844 * A086846 A086847 A086848

KEYWORD

nonn,easy

AUTHOR

Ralf Stephan (ralf(AT)ark.in-berlin.de), Aug 09 2003

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