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A117294
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Number of sequences of length n starting with 1,2 which satisfy a recurrence a(k+1) = floor(c*a(k)) for some constant c.
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1
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1, 2, 5, 14, 37, 102, 279, 756, 2070, 5609, 15198, 41530, 114049, 315447, 876513, 2446326, 6861432, 19315953, 54556553
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OFFSET
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2,2
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COMMENTS
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It appears that a(n+1)/a(n) may be converging slowly to 3, but even that it converges is not obvious.
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LINKS
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EXAMPLE
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a(4) = 5; length 4 sequences are 1,2,4,8; 1,2,4,9; 1,2,5,12; 1,2,5,13; and 1,2,5,14.
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PROG
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(define (A117294 n) (local ((define (get-ratios seq add?) (cond [(empty? (rest seq)) empty] [else (cons (/ (cond [add? (add1 (first seq))] [else (first seq)]) (second seq)) (get-ratios (rest seq) add?))])) (define (extend-one seq) (local ((define startnext (floor (* (apply max (get-ratios seq false)) (first seq)))) (define endnext (ceiling (* (apply min (get-ratios seq true )) (first seq)))) (define ltodo (build-list (- endnext startnext) (lambda (n) (cons (+ startnext n) seq))))) (cond [(>= (length seq) (sub1 n)) (length ltodo)] [else (apply + (map extend-one ltodo))])))) (extend-one (list 2 1)))) - Joshua Zucker, Jun 05 2006
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CROSSREFS
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KEYWORD
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more,nonn
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AUTHOR
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EXTENSIONS
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STATUS
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approved
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