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A059900
Successively interleaved alternate bits in binary expansion of n gives vector of exponents in prime factorization of a(n).
5
1, 2, 3, 6, 4, 8, 12, 24, 5, 10, 15, 30, 20, 40, 60, 120, 16, 32, 48, 96, 64, 128, 192, 384, 80, 160, 240, 480, 320, 640, 960, 1920, 9, 18, 27, 54, 36, 72, 108, 216, 45, 90, 135, 270, 180, 360, 540, 1080, 144, 288, 432, 864, 576, 1152, 1728, 3456, 720, 1440, 2160
OFFSET
0,2
COMMENTS
Every value appears once. Inverse of A059884. Similar to A052330 (they diverge at n=16) but assigns bits via interleaving versus numerical order.
EXAMPLE
To find a(7): 7 = ...000111; ... 0 0 1 1 = 3 -> 2^3 = 8; ... 0 1 = 1 -> 3^1 = 3; so a(7) = 3*8 = 24.
CROSSREFS
Sequence in context: A096112 A052330 A344535 * A123664 A084980 A101369
KEYWORD
base,easy,nonn
AUTHOR
Marc LeBrun, Feb 07 2001
STATUS
approved