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A161820 a(n) = the smallest positive integer such that both n and a(n), when represented in binary, contain the same types of runs of 1's, the runs being in any order. 5
1, 1, 3, 1, 5, 3, 7, 1, 5, 5, 11, 3, 11, 7, 15, 1, 5, 5, 11, 5, 21, 11, 23, 3, 11, 11, 27, 7, 23, 15, 31, 1, 5, 5, 11, 5, 21, 11, 23, 5, 21, 21, 43, 11, 43, 23, 47, 3, 11, 11, 27, 11, 43, 27, 55, 7, 23, 23, 55, 15, 47, 31, 63, 1, 5, 5, 11, 5, 21, 11, 23, 5, 21, 21, 43, 11, 43, 23, 47, 5 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; internal format)
OFFSET

1,3

COMMENTS

Clarification of definition: Think of binary n and a(n) each as a string of 0's and 1's. Consider the "runs" of 1's in binary n and a(n), where each run is made up completely of 1's, and is bounded on both sides either by 0's or by the edge of the string. Now consider the lengths of each bounded run of 1's (the number of 1's in each run). Then a(n) is the smallest positive integer whose set of run-lengths is a permutation of the set of run-lengths for n. (See example.)

EXAMPLE

77 in binary is 1001101. There are three runs of 1's, two runs of one 1 each and one run of two 1's. So we are looking for the smallest positive integer with two runs of one 1 each and one run of two 1's (and no other runs of 1's). For example, 15 in binary is 1111, which contains the runs, except that it is required that each run be bounded by 0's or the edge of the binary string. The next number that fits the requirements completely is 43 = 101011 in binary. So a(77) = 43.

MAPLE

rtype := proc(n) local rt, bdgs, pr, i, rl ; rt := [seq(0, i=1..40)] ; bdgs := convert(n, base, 2) ; pr := 0 ; for i from 1 to nops(bdgs) do if op(i, bdgs) = 1 then if pr = 0 then rl := 0 ; fi; rl := rl+1 ; else if pr = 1 then rt := subsop(rl=op(rl, rt)+1, rt) ; fi; fi; pr := op(i, bdgs) ; if i = nops(bdgs) and pr = 1 then rt := subsop(rl=op(rl, rt)+1, rt) ; fi; od: rt ; end: A161820 := proc(n) local rtn, a; rtn := rtype(n) ; for a from 1 do if rtype(a) = rtn then RETURN(a) ; fi; od: end: seq(A161820(n), n=1..100) ; [From R. J. Mathar (mathar(AT)strw.leidenuniv.nl), Jul 20 2009]

CROSSREFS

A161819, A161821, A161822

Sequence in context: A078701 A161398 A204455 * A116528 A081431 A053641

Adjacent sequences:  A161817 A161818 A161819 * A161821 A161822 A161823

KEYWORD

base,nonn

AUTHOR

Leroy Quet, Jun 20 2009

EXTENSIONS

More terms from R. J. Mathar (mathar(AT)strw.leidenuniv.nl), Jul 20 2009

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