A079000 a(n) is taken to be the smallest positive integer greater than a(n-1) which is consistent with the condition "n is a member of the sequence if and only if a(n) is odd".

1, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 23, 25, 27, 29, 31, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 47, 49, 51, 53, 55, 57, 59, 61, 63, 65, 67, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 95, 97

Offset

1,2

Comments

a(a(n)) = 2n + 3 for n>1.

References

Hsien-Kuei Hwang, S Janson, TH Tsai, Exact and asymptotic solutions of the recurrence f(n) = f(floor(n/2)) + f(ceiling(n/2)) + g(n): theory and applications, Preprint, 2016; http://140.109.74.92/hk/wp-content/files/2016/12/aat-hhrr-1.pdf. Also Exact and Asymptotic Solutions of a Divide-and-Conquer Recurrence Dividing at Half: Theory and Applications, ACM Transactions on Algorithms, 13:4 (2017), #47; DOI: 10.1145/3127585

N. J. A. Sloane, Seven Staggering Sequences, in Homage to a Pied Puzzler, E. Pegg Jr., A. H. Schoen and T. Rodgers (editors), A. K. Peters, Wellesley, MA, 2009, pp. 93-110.

Links

N. J. A. Sloane, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..10000

B. Cloitre, N. J. A. Sloane and M. J. Vandermast, Numerical analogues of Aronson's sequence, J. Integer Seqs., Vol. 6 (2003), #03.2.2.

B. Cloitre, N. J. A. Sloane and M. J. Vandermast, Numerical analogues of Aronson's sequence, arXiv:math/0305308 [math.NT], 2003.

N. J. A. Sloane, Seven Staggering Sequences.

Index entries for sequences of the a(a(n)) = 2n family

Formula

a(1) = 1, a(2) = 4, then a(9*2^k-3+j) = 12*2^k-3+3*j/2+|j|/2 for k>=0, -3*2^k <= j <= 3*2^k. Also a(3n) = 3*b(n/3), a(3n+1) = 2*b(n)+b(n+1), a(3n+2) = b(n)+2*b(n+1) for n>=2, where b = A079905. - N. J. A. Sloane and Benoit Cloitre, Feb 20 2003

a(n+1) - 2*a(n) + a(n-1) = 1 for n = 9*2^k - 3, k>=0, = -1 for n = 2 and 3*2^k-3, k>=1 and = 0 otherwise.

a(n) = (3*n + 3 - 3*2^g(n) + (-1)^f(n)*(9*2^g(n) - n - 3))/2 for n>3, f(n) = A079944(A002264(n-4)) and g(n) = A000523(A002264(n+2)/2). - Antonio G. Astudillo (afg_astudillo(AT)hotmail.com), Feb 23 2003

Also a(n) = n + 3*2^A000523(A002264(n+2)/2)*(1 - 3*A080584(n-4)) + A080584(n-4)*(n+3) for n>3, where A080584(n)=A079944(A002264(n)). - Antonio G. Astudillo (afg_astudillo(AT)hotmail.com), Feb 24 2003

Example

a(2) cannot be 2 because 2 is even; it cannot be 3 because that would require 2 to be a member of the sequence. Hence a(2)=4 and the next odd member of the sequence is the fourth member.

Maple

Digits := 50; A079000 := proc(n) local k, j; if n<=2 then n^2; else k := floor(evalf(log( (n+3)/6 )/log(2)) ); j := n-(9*2^k-3); 12*2^k-3+3*j/2 +abs(j)/2; fi; end;
A002264 := n->floor(n/3): A079944 := n->floor(log[2](4*(n+2)/3))-floor(log[2](n+2)): A000523 := n->floor(log[2](n)): f := n->A079944(A002264(n-4)): g := n->A000523(A002264(n+2)/2): A079000 := proc(n) if n>3 then RETURN(simplify(3*n+3-3*2^g(n)+(-1)^f(n)*(9*2^g(n)-n-3))/2) else if n>0 then RETURN([1, 4, 6][n]) else RETURN(0) fi fi: end;

Mathematica

a[1] = 1; a[n_] := (k = Floor[Log[2, (n+3)/6]]; j = n-(9*2^k - 3); 12*2^k-3 + 3*j/2 + Abs[j]/2); Table[a[n], {n, 1, 71}] (* Jean-François Alcover, May 21 2012, after Maple *)

Crossrefs

Cf. A079250-A079259, A079313, A079325, A064437, A003605, A079352, A079358.

Cf. also A080596, A080731, A080752, A121053, A080032.

Partial sums give A080566. Differences give A079948.

Sequence in context: A356721 A114308 A299411 * A357122 A047509 A181057

Adjacent sequences: A078997 A078998 A078999 * A079001 A079002 A079003

Keyword

easy,nice,nonn,changed

Author

Matthew Vandermast, Feb 01 2003

Status

approved