OFFSET
0,2
COMMENTS
The complementary sequences a() and b() are uniquely determined by the titular equation and initial values. See A022940 for a guide to related sequences.
Apart from the first two entries this is the same as A081689. - R. J. Mathar, Oct 31 2017
LINKS
Clark Kimberling, Complementary equations, J. Int. Seq. 19 (2007), 1-13.
EXAMPLE
a(0) = 1, a(1) = 3, b(0) = 2, b(1) = 4, so that
a(2) = a(1) + b(0) + 1 = 6
Complement: (b(n)) = (2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, ...)
MATHEMATICA
mex := First[Complement[Range[1, Max[#1] + 1], #1]] &;
a[0] = 1; a[1] = 3; b[0] = 2; b[1] = 4;
a[n_] := a[n] = a[n - 1] + b[n - 2] + 1;
b[n_] := b[n] = mex[Flatten[Table[Join[{a[n]}, {a[i], b[i]}], {i, 0, n - 1}]]];
Table[a[n], {n, 0, 40}] (* A294397 *)
Table[b[n], {n, 0, 10}]
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn,easy
AUTHOR
Clark Kimberling, Oct 30 2017
STATUS
approved