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A050292 a(2n) = 2n - a(n), a(2n+1) = 2n + 1 - a(n) (for n >= 0). 22
0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 4, 4, 5, 5, 6, 6, 7, 8, 9, 9, 10, 11, 12, 12, 13, 14, 15, 15, 16, 16, 17, 17, 18, 19, 20, 20, 21, 21, 22, 22, 23, 24, 25, 25, 26, 26, 27, 27, 28, 29, 30, 30, 31, 32, 33, 33, 34, 35, 36, 36, 37, 37, 38, 38, 39, 40, 41, 41, 42, 43, 44, 44, 45, 46, 47, 47, 48, 48, 49, 49, 50, 51, 52, 52, 53, 54 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; text; internal format)
OFFSET
0,4
COMMENTS
Note that the first equation implies a(0)=0, so there is no need to specify an initial value.
Maximal cardinality of a double-free subset of {1, 2, ..., n}, or in other words, maximal size of a subset S of {1, 2, ..., n} with the property that if x is in S then 2x is not. a(0)=0 by convention.
Least k such that a(k)=n is equal to A003159(n).
To construct the sequence: let [a, b, c, a, a, a, b, c, a, b, c, ...] be the fixed point of the morphism a -> abc, b ->a, c -> a, starting from a(1) = a, then write the indices of a, b, c, that of a being written twice; see A092606. - Philippe Deléham, Apr 13 2004
Number of integers from {1,...,n} for which the subtraction of 1 changes the parity of the number of 1's in their binary expansion. - Vladimir Shevelev, Apr 15 2010
Number of integers from {1,...,n} the factorization of which over different terms of A050376 does not contain 2. - Vladimir Shevelev, Apr 16 2010
a(n) modulo 2 is the Prouhet-Thue-Morse sequence A010060. Each number n appears A026465(n+1) times. - Philippe Deléham, Oct 19 2011
Another way of stating the last two comments from Philippe Deléham: the sequence can be obtained by replacing each term of the Thue-Morse sequence A010060 by the run number that term is in. - N. J. A. Sloane, Dec 31 2013
REFERENCES
S. R. Finch, Mathematical Constants, Cambridge, 2003, Section 2.26.
Wang, E. T. H. "On Double-Free Sets of Integers." Ars Combin. 28, 97-100, 1989.
LINKS
Steven R. Finch, Triple-Free Sets of Integers [From Steven Finch, Apr 20 2019]
Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Double-Free Set.
FORMULA
Partial sums of A035263. Close to (2/3)*n.
a(n) = A123087(2*n) = n - A123087(n). - Max Alekseyev, Mar 05 2023
From Benoit Cloitre, Nov 24 2002: (Start)
a(1)=1, a(n) = n - a(floor(n/2));
a(n) = (2/3)*n + (1/3)*A065359(n);
more generally, for m>=0, a(2^m*n) - 2^m*a(n) = A001045(m)*A065359(n) where A001045(m) = (2^m - (-1)^m)/3 is the Jacobsthal sequence;
a(A039004(n)) = (2/3)*A039004(n);
a(2*A039004(n)) = 2*a(A039004(n));
a(A003159(n)) = n;
a(A003159(n)-1) = n-1;
a(n) mod 2 = A010060(n) the Thue-Morse sequence;
a(n+1) - a(n) = A035263(n+1);
a(n+2) - a(n) = abs(A029884(n)).
(End)
G.f.: Sum_{k=0..oo} a(n)*x^n = (1/(x-1)) * Sum_{i=0..oo} (-1)^i*x^(2^i)/(x^(2^i)-1) ). - Antonio G. Astudillo (afg_astudillo(AT)hotmail.com), Feb 17 2003
a(n) = Sum_{k=>0} (-1)^k*floor(n/2^k), - Benoit Cloitre, Jun 03 2003
a(A091785(n)) = 2n; a(A091855(n)) = 2n-1. - Philippe Deléham, Mar 26 2004
a(2^n) = (2^(n+1) + (-1)^n)/3. - Vladimir Shevelev, Apr 15 2010
If n = Sum_{i>=0} b_i*2^i is the binary expansion of n, then a(n) = 2n/3 + (1/3)Sum_{i>=0} b_i*(-1)^i. Thus a(n) = 2n/3 + O(log(n)). - Vladimir Shevelev, Apr 15 2010
Moreover, the equation a(3m)=2m has infinitely many solutions, e.g., a(3*2^k)=2*2^k; on the other hand, a((4^k-1)/3)=(2*(4^k-1))/9+k/3, i.e., limsup |a(n)-2n/3| = infinity. - Vladimir Shevelev, Feb 23 2011
a(n) = Sum_{k>=0} A030308(n,k)*A001045(k+1). - Philippe Deléham, Oct 19 2011
From Peter Bala, Feb 02 2013: (Start)
Product_{n >= 1} (1 + x^((2^n - (-1)^n)/3 )) = (1 + x)^2(1 + x^3)(1 + x^5)(1 + x^11)(1 + x^21)... = 1 + sum {n >= 1} x^a(n) = 1 + 2x + x^2 + x^3 + 2x^4 + 2x^5 + .... Hence this sequence lists the numbers representable as a sum of distinct Jacobsthal numbers A001045 = [1, 1', 3, 5, 11, 21, ...], where we distinguish between the two occurrences of 1 by writing them as 1 and 1'. For example, 9 occurs twice in the present sequence because 9 = 5 + 3 + 1 and 9 = 5 + 3 + 1'. Cf. A197911 and A080277. See also A120385.
(End)
EXAMPLE
Examples for n = 1 through 8: {1}, {1}, {1,3}, {1,3,4}, {1,3,4,5}, {1,3,4,5}, {1,3,4,5,7}, {1,3,4,5,7}.
Binary expansion of 5 is 101, so Sum{i>=0} b_i*(-1)^i = 2. Therefore a(5) = 10/3 + 2/3 = 4. - Vladimir Shevelev, Apr 15 2010
MAPLE
A050292:=n->add((-1)^k*floor(n/2^k), k=0..n); seq(A050292(n), n=0..100); # Wesley Ivan Hurt, Feb 14 2014
MATHEMATICA
a[n_] := a[n] = If[n < 2, 1, n - a[Floor[n/2]]]; Table[ a[n], {n, 1, 75}]
Join[{0}, Accumulate[Nest[Flatten[#/.{0->{1, 1}, 1->{1, 0}}]&, {0}, 7]]] (* Harvey P. Dale, Apr 29 2018 *)
PROG
(PARI) a(n)=if(n<2, 1, n-a(floor(n/2)))
(Haskell)
a050292 n = a050292_list !! (n-1)
a050292_list = scanl (+) 0 a035263_list
-- Reinhard Zumkeller, Jan 21 2013
CROSSREFS
Bisection of A123087.
Sequence in context: A365398 A365399 A267530 * A181627 A071521 A204330
KEYWORD
nonn,nice,easy
AUTHOR
EXTENSIONS
Extended with formula by Christian G. Bower, Sep 15 1999
Corrected and extended by Reinhard Zumkeller, Aug 16 2006
Extended with formula by Philippe Deléham, Oct 19 2011
Entry revised to give a simpler definition by N. J. A. Sloane, Jan 03 2014
STATUS
approved

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