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A093521 Runs of 1's of lengths 1, prime(1), prime(2), prime(3), ... separated by 0's. 2
1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; internal format)
OFFSET

1,1

COMMENTS

Carl Sagan's "Contact" sequence.

REFERENCES

W. A. Dembski and J. M. Kushiner, Signs of Intelligence, Baker Book House Co., Grand Rapids, MI, p30-31, 2001,

Carl Sagan, Contact, Simon and Schuster, Chapter 4 "Prime Numbers," pgs 68-82, NY, 1985.

LINKS

Alex Kasman, Mathematical Fiction, Contact (1985).

Alex Kasman, How 'Contact' by Carl Sagan Ends.

Robin Dougherty, Salon, Robert Zemeckis' Contact.

MATHEMATICA

a = Table[1, {100}]; Do[ a[[Sum[Prime[i], {i, n}] + n]] = 0, {n, 1, 8}]; a

CROSSREFS

Cf. A000040, A000042, A005171, A031974, A055976, A056051, A066247, A091247.

Sequence in context: A088150 A117567 A117568 * A167364 A000480 A118251

Adjacent sequences:  A093518 A093519 A093520 * A093522 A093523 A093524

KEYWORD

nonn

AUTHOR

Robert G. Wilson v (rgwv(AT)rgwv.com), Mar 29 2004

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