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A024631 n written in fractional base 4/3. 9

%I #29 Sep 23 2022 02:33:57

%S 0,1,2,3,30,31,32,33,320,321,322,323,3210,3211,3212,3213,32100,32101,

%T 32102,32103,32130,32131,32132,32133,321020,321021,321022,321023,

%U 321310,321311,321312,321313,3210200,3210201,3210202,3210203,3210230,3210231

%N n written in fractional base 4/3.

%H G. C. Greubel, <a href="/A024631/b024631.txt">Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..1000</a>

%H K. Burde, <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0022-314X(87)90078-3">Das Problem der Abzählreime und Zahlentwicklungen mit gebrochenen Basen [The problem of counting rhymes and number expansions with fractional bases]</a>, J. Number Theory 26(2) (1987), 192-209. [The author deals with the representation of n in fractional bases k/(k-1) and its relation to counting-off games (variations of Josephus problem). Here k = 4. See the review in MathSciNet (MR0889384) by R. G. Stoneham.]

%H <a href="/index/J#Josephus">Index entries for sequences related to the Josephus Problem</a>

%F To represent a number in base b, if a digit is greater than or equal to b, subtract b and carry 1. In fractional base a/b, subtract a and carry b.

%p a:= proc(n) `if`(n<1, 0, irem(n, 4, 'q')+a(3*q)*10) end:

%p seq(a(n), n=0..45); # _Alois P. Heinz_, Aug 20 2019

%t p:= 4; q:= 3; a[n_]:= a[n]= If[n==0, 0, 10*a[q*Floor[n/p]] + Mod[n, p]]; Table[a[n], {n,0,40}] (* _G. C. Greubel_, Aug 20 2019 *)

%o (PARI) a(n) = my(p=4, q=3); if(n==0,0, 10*a(q*(n\p)) + (n%p));

%o vector(40, n, n--; a(n)) \\ _G. C. Greubel_, Aug 20 2019

%o (Sage)

%o def basepqExpansion(p, q, n):

%o L, i = [n], 1

%o while L[i-1] >= p:

%o x=L[i-1]

%o L[i-1]=x.mod(p)

%o L.append(q*(x//p))

%o i+=1

%o return Integer(''.join(str(x) for x in reversed(L)))

%o [basepqExpansion(4,3,n) for n in [0..40]] # _G. C. Greubel_, Aug 20 2019

%Y Cf. A244041 (sum of digits).

%Y Cf. A024629 (base 3/2).

%K nonn,base,easy

%O 0,3

%A _David W. Wilson_

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