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A088226 a(1)=0, a(2)=0, a(3)=1; for n>3, a(n)=abs(a(n-1)-a(n-2)-a(n-3)). 6
0, 0, 1, 1, 0, 2, 1, 1, 2, 0, 3, 1, 2, 2, 1, 3, 0, 4, 1, 3, 2, 2, 3, 1, 4, 0, 5, 1, 4, 2, 3, 3, 2, 4, 1, 5, 0, 6, 1, 5, 2, 4, 3, 3, 4, 2, 5, 1, 6, 0, 7, 1, 6, 2, 5, 3, 4, 4, 3, 5, 2, 6, 1, 7, 0, 8, 1, 7, 2, 6, 3, 5, 4, 4, 5, 3, 6, 2, 7, 1, 8, 0, 9, 1, 8, 2, 7, 3, 6, 4, 5, 5, 4, 6, 3, 7, 2, 8, 1, 9, 0, 10, 1, 9, 2 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; text; internal format)
OFFSET
1,6
COMMENTS
Conjecture: a(n) = m/2 where m is the smallest even distance from n to a square. - Ralf Stephan, Sep 23 2013
LINKS
FORMULA
a(k^2+2m+2)=k-m and a(k^2+2m+1)= m, for k>=0 and 0<=m<=k.
MATHEMATICA
RecurrenceTable[{a[1]==a[2]==0, a[3]==1, a[n]==Abs[a[n-1]-a[n-2]-a[n-3]]}, a, {n, 110}] (* Harvey P. Dale, Apr 13 2012 *)
PROG
(PARI) a(n)=t=sqrtint(n); if((n-t*t)%2==0, (n-t*t)/2, ((t+1)^2-n)/2) // - Ralf Stephan, Sep 23 2013
(Haskell)
a088226 n = a088226_list !! (n-1)
a088226_list = 0 : 0 : 1 : zipWith3 (\u v w -> abs (w - v - u))
a088226_list (tail a088226_list) (drop 2 a088226_list)
-- Reinhard Zumkeller, Oct 11 2014
CROSSREFS
Cf. A080096.
Sequence in context: A326171 A359393 A123223 * A344309 A358338 A244658
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
Benoit Cloitre, Nov 04 2003
STATUS
approved

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