OFFSET
0,3
LINKS
A. S. Fraenkel, New games related to old and new sequences, INTEGERS, Electronic J. of Combinatorial Number Theory, Vol. 4, Paper G6, 2004.
FORMULA
Let a(n) = this sequence, b(n) = A081691. Then a(n) = mex{ a(i), b(i) : 0 <= i < n}, b(0) = 0, b(n) = 2(b(n-1) - a(n-1)) + a(n) + 1 = a(n) + 2^n - 1.
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
N. J. A. Sloane, Apr 02 2003
EXTENSIONS
Corrected and extended by Vladeta Jovovic, Apr 04 2003
STATUS
approved