OFFSET
0,2
COMMENTS
The increasing complementary sequences a() and b() are uniquely determined by the titular equation and initial values. See A294860 for a guide to related sequences.
LINKS
Clark Kimberling, Complementary equations, J. Int. Seq. 19 (2007), 1-13.
EXAMPLE
a(0) = 1, a(1) = 2, b(0) = 3
b(1) = 4 (least "new number")
a(2) = 2*a(1) - a(0) + b(1) - 1 = 6
Complement: (b(n)) = (3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, ...)
MATHEMATICA
mex := First[Complement[Range[1, Max[#1] + 1], #1]] &;
a[0] = 1; a[1] = 2; b[0] = 3;
a[n_] := a[n] = 2 a[n - 1] - a[n - 2] + b[n - 1] - 1;
b[n_] := b[n] = mex[Flatten[Table[Join[{a[n]}, {a[i], b[i]}], {i, 0, n - 1}]]];
Table[a[n], {n, 0, 18}] (* A294867 *)
Table[b[n], {n, 0, 10}]
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn,easy
AUTHOR
Clark Kimberling, Nov 16 2017
STATUS
approved