OFFSET
1,12
COMMENTS
Not cyclic or periodic.
-3 < a(n) < 3, for all n < 10^8.
First occurrence of k beginning at -2: 18, 7, 3, 1, 12.
The distribution of a(n) in the first 10^8 terms: -2, 4166621; -1, 33333332; 0, 25000091; 1, 33333335 and 2, 4166621 or -2 1/24, -1 1/3, 0 1/4, 1 1/3 and 2 1/24.
LINKS
Tristan Cam and Robert G. Wilson v, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..10000
FORMULA
a(1) = 1 and a(2) = 1. a(n) = a(n/2 -1) - a(n/2 +1) if n is even and a(n) = a((n-1)/2) - a((n+1)/2) if n is odd.
MATHEMATICA
a[n_] := a[n] = If[ OddQ[n], a[(n - 1)/2] - a[(n + 1)/2], a[n/2 - 1] - a[n/2 + 1]]; a[1] = a[2] = 1; Array[a, 105]
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
easy,sign
AUTHOR
Tristan Cam and Robert G. Wilson v, Nov 18 2016
STATUS
approved