A087838 - OEIS

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A087838

a[n] =a[a[a[a[n-2]]]]+ a[n - a[n-2]]

1, 1, 2, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 4, 4, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 7, 7, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 9, 9, 9, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 11, 11, 11, 11, 12, 12, 12, 12, 12, 12, 12, 12, 13, 13, 13, 13, 13, 14, 14, 14, 14, 14, 14, 14, 14, 14, 15, 15, 15, 15, 15, 15, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; internal format)

	OFFSET	`1,3`
	COMMENTS	`A fourth-order recursion based on Mallows's A005229.`
	MATHEMATICA	`Mallows[n_Integer?Positive] := Mallows[n] = Mallows[Mallows[Mallows[Mallows[n-2]]]]+ Mallows[n - Mallows[n-2]] Mallows[1] = Mallows[2] = 1 digits=200 a=Table[Mallows[n], {n, 1, digits}]`
	CROSSREFS	`Cf. A005229.` `Sequence in context: A087839 A106742 A106733 * A057627 A013940 A029129` `Adjacent sequences: A087835 A087836 A087837 * A087839 A087840 A087841`
	KEYWORD	`nonn`
	AUTHOR	`Roger L. Bagula (rlbagulatftn(AT)yahoo.com), Oct 07 2003`

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