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A260444
Infinite palindromic word (a(1),a(2),a(3),...) with initial word w(1) = (1,0,0) and midword sequence (a(n)); see A260390.
4
1, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0
OFFSET
1
COMMENTS
Below, w* denotes the reversal of a word w, and "sequence" and "word" are interchangeable. An infinite word is palindromic if it has infinitely many initial subwords w such that w = w*.
Many infinite palindromic words (a(1),a(2),...) are determined by an initial word w and a midword sequence (m(1),m(2),...) of palindromes, as follows: for given w of length k, take w(1) = w = (a(1),a(2),...,a(k)). Form the palindrome w(2) = w(1)m(1)w(1)* by concatenating w(1), m(1), and w(1)*. Continue inductively; i.e., w(n+1) = w(n)m(n)w(n)* for all n >= 1. See A260390 for a guide to related sequences.
EXAMPLE
w(1) = 100, the initial word.
w(2) = 1001001 ( = 100+1+001, where + = concatenation)
w(3) = w(2)+0+w(2)*
w(4) = w(3)+1+w(3)*
MATHEMATICA
u[1] = {1, 0, 0}; m[1] = {u[1][[1]]};
u[n_] := u[n] = Join[u[n - 1], m[n - 1], Reverse[u[n - 1]]]
m[k_] := {u[k][[k]]}
v = u[6] (* A260444 *)
CROSSREFS
Cf. A260390.
Sequence in context: A245485 A068429 A285208 * A289034 A011747 A089013
KEYWORD
nonn,easy
AUTHOR
Clark Kimberling, Oct 31 2015
STATUS
approved