OFFSET
1,2
COMMENTS
The first 5 terms in base 2 are 0, (0)11, (0)11000, (0)110001111, (0)11000111100000.
LINKS
Harry J. Smith, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..50
FORMULA
a(1) = 0; a(n+1) = append n+1 0's or 1's (alternately) to a(n).
EXAMPLE
a(5) = 12768 is formed by appending 0 five times (00000) to a(4) in base 2: (0)11000111100000.
PROG
(PARI) baseI(x, b)= { local(d, e=0, f=1); while (x>0, d=x-10*(x\10); x\=10; e+=d*f; f*=b); return(e) } { c=1; for (n=1, 50, if (n==1, a=0; b=0, c=c*10 + 1; if (n%2, d=0, d=c); b=b*10^n + d; a=baseI(b, 2)); write("b065761.txt", n, " ", a) ) } \\ Harry J. Smith, Oct 30 2009
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
base,easy,nonn
AUTHOR
Lior Manor, Nov 18 2001
STATUS
approved