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A332415 a(n) is the number of distinct valid solutions taking into account the ambiguity of open and closed absolute value bars for an input of -1 to -2*(n)-1 with absolute value bars between each (|-1|, |-1|-2|-3|, |-1|-2|-3|-4|-5|, etc.). 0
1, 2, 5, 13, 39, 124, 403, 1304, 4301, 14370, 47575, 157153, 512311, 1663977, 5446573 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; text; internal format)
OFFSET
1,2
COMMENTS
a(5) is the solution to Jim Propp's submitted problem published in FiveThirtyEight's "The Riddler" column.
LINKS
FiveThirtyEight, Problem origin
EXAMPLE
For n = 2 (input of |-1|-2|-3|-4|-5|) the solutions are 5 and -5, so a(2) = 2.
CROSSREFS
Sequence in context: A151446 A239106 A022894 * A149861 A148305 A104447
KEYWORD
nonn,more
AUTHOR
Tyler Barron, Feb 12 2020
STATUS
approved

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