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A137457 Consider a row of standard dice as a counter. This sequence enumerates the number of changes (one face rotated over an edge to an adjacent face) from n-1 to n. 0
0, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 3, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 3, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 4, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 3, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 3, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 5, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 3, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 3, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 4, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 3, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 3, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 5, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 3, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 3, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 4, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 3, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 3, 1, 1 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; internal format)
OFFSET

0,4

COMMENTS

Most counters 'zero' out at '0' but the dice 'zero' out at '1' which is the initial state. So to increment 1 -> 2 requires 1 move, 2 -> 3 requires 1 move, 3 -> 4 requires 2 moves, 4 -> 5 requires 1 move, 5 -> 6 requires 1 move and 6 -> 0 requires 2 moves.

First occurrence of k (A026532): 1, 3, 6, 18, 36, 108, 216, 648, 1296, 3888, ....

LINKS

Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Link to a section of The World of Mathematics.

Wikipedia, Dice.

MATHEMATICA

f[n_] := Block[{a = IntegerDigits[n - 1, 6] + 1, b = IntegerDigits[n, 6] + 1, c}, If[Length@b > Length@a, a = Prepend[a, 1]]; c = Transpose[{a, b}] /. {{d_, d_} -> 0, {1, 2} -> 1, {2, 3} -> 1, {3, 4} -> 2, {4, 5} -> 1, {5, 6} -> 1, {6, 1} -> 2}; Plus @@ c]; Array[f, 105]

CROSSREFS

Cf. A057436, A060852, A026532, A133794.

Sequence in context: A098824 A181651 A124032 * A007862 A055169 A205131

Adjacent sequences:  A137454 A137455 A137456 * A137458 A137459 A137460

KEYWORD

nonn

AUTHOR

Robert G. Wilson v (rgwv(AT)rgwv.com), Apr 18 2008

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