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A157199
The terms of this sequence are the first several terms of tcW(r,r-1,r+1), where r=2,3,4,.... Informally, the function tcW is like the multi-color Van der Waerden function W, except that the second parameter determines the number of colors found in the target subsequence. See links for definition.
0
9, 13, 22, 26, 44, 50, 25, 28
OFFSET
2,1
COMMENTS
If W(r,k) is the standard multi-color Van der Waerden function with r colors and a required monochrome arithmetic subsequence of length k, then tcW(r,1,k) = W(r,k). In tcW(r,1,k), the 1 would indicate a monochrome subsequence. For tcW(r,2,k) an arithmetic subsequence of length k in 1 OR 2 colors would match the criteria. For tcW(r,3,k) an arithmetic subsequence of length k in 1, 2, or 3 colors suffices.
FORMULA
a(r) = tcW(r,r-1,r+1).
EXAMPLE
a(2) = tcW(2,1,3) = W(2,3) = 9. If {1,...,9} is colored in 2 colors, then a 3-term arithmetic subsequence exists in 1 color (monochrome).
a(3) = tcW(3,2,4) = 13. If {1,...,13} is colored in 3 colors, then a 4-term arithmetic subsequence exists in at most 2 colors.
PROG
(C++) /* A C++ program is available from the links. It is not the best program, but it is relatively fast. To get the terms of the above sequence, you have to compile the program and choose parameters such as: find_vdw 10000 5 4 6 for tcW(5, 4, 6) and find_vdw 10000 6 5 7 for tcW(6, 5, 7). */
CROSSREFS
Another part of the tcW function: A157102. The 2-color Van der Waerden numbers: A005346, W(2, k). Multi-color Van der Waerden numbers with 3-term monochrome arithmetic subsequences A135415, W(r, 3).
Sequence in context: A137168 A033870 A151901 * A291351 A338220 A242919
KEYWORD
nonn,hard,more
AUTHOR
Reed Kelly, Feb 25 2009
STATUS
approved