%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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