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A194443
Number of toothpicks or D-toothpicks added at n-th stage to the structure of A194442.
17
0, 1, 2, 4, 4, 4, 4, 7, 8, 4, 4, 8, 12, 8, 8, 13, 16, 4, 4, 8, 12, 16, 16, 20, 24, 12, 8, 16, 28, 16, 16, 25, 32, 4, 4, 8, 12, 16, 16, 22, 32, 26, 20, 24, 40, 32, 40, 33, 48, 20, 8, 16, 28, 40, 44, 50, 60, 28, 16, 32, 60, 32, 32, 49, 64, 4, 4, 8
OFFSET
0,3
COMMENTS
Essentially the first differences of A194442. It appears that the structure of the "narrow" triangle is much more regular about n=2^k, see formula section.
FORMULA
Conjectures for n = 2^k+j, if -6<=j<=6:
a(2^k-6) = 2^(k-2), if k >= 3.
a(2^k-5) = 2^(k-1), if k >= 3.
a(2^k-4) = 2^k-4, if k >= 2.
a(2^k-3) = 2^(k-1), if k >= 3.
a(2^k-2) = 2^(k-1), if k >= 2.
a(2^k-1) = 3*2^(k-2)+1, if k >= 2.
a(2^k+0) = 2^k, if k >= 0.
a(2^k+1) = 4, if k >= 1.
a(2^k+2) = 4, if k >= 1.
a(2^k+3) = 8, if k >= 3.
a(2^k+4) = 12, if k >= 3.
a(2^k+5) = 16, if k >= 4.
a(2^k+6) = 16, if k >= 4.
End of conjectures.
EXAMPLE
If written as a triangle:
0,
1,
2,
4,4,
4,4,7,8,
4,4,8,12,8,8,13,16,
4,4,8,12,16,16,20,24,12,8,16,28,16,16,25,32,
4,4,8,12,16,16,22,32,26,20,24,40,32,40,33,48,20,8,16,28...
.
It appears that rows converge to A194697.
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
Omar E. Pol, Aug 29 2011
STATUS
approved