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A338823 Lexicographically earliest sequence of positive integers such that for any distinct m and n, a(m) OR a(m+1) <> a(n) OR a(n+1) (where OR denotes the bitwise OR operator). 2

%I #12 Nov 14 2020 01:50:51

%S 1,1,2,2,4,1,6,8,1,10,2,13,1,16,2,17,4,4,8,8,16,4,18,5,24,1,26,2,28,3,

%T 32,1,36,2,32,4,24,32,7,40,1,42,2,44,1,48,2,49,4,40,8,49,6,48,4,56,2,

%U 57,4,58,5,64,1,66,2,68,3,72,1,76,2,72,4,64,8,71

%N Lexicographically earliest sequence of positive integers such that for any distinct m and n, a(m) OR a(m+1) <> a(n) OR a(n+1) (where OR denotes the bitwise OR operator).

%H Rémy Sigrist, <a href="/A338823/b338823.txt">Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..10000</a>

%H Rémy Sigrist, <a href="/A338823/a338823.png">Colored scatterplot of the first 10000 terms</a> (where the color is function of the parity of n)

%H Rémy Sigrist, <a href="/A338823/a338823.txt">C program for A338823</a>

%e The first terms, alongside a(n) OR a(n+1), are:

%e n a(n) a(n) OR a(n+1)

%e -- ---- --------------

%e 1 1 1

%e 2 1 3

%e 3 2 2

%e 4 2 6

%e 5 4 5

%e 6 1 7

%e 7 6 14

%e 8 8 9

%e 9 1 11

%e 10 10 10

%e 11 2 15

%e 12 13 13

%t Block[{a = {1, 1}, b = {1}}, Do[Block[{k = 1, m}, While[! FreeQ[b, Set[m, BitOr @@ {a[[-1]], k}]], k++]; AppendTo[a, k]; AppendTo[b, m]], {i, 3, 76}]; a] (* _Michael De Vlieger_, Nov 12 2020 *)

%o (C) See Links section.

%Y Cf. A088177, A338824.

%K nonn,base

%O 1,3

%A _Rémy Sigrist_, Nov 11 2020

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