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A091411
Lengths of the B blocks in analysis of A090822.
7
1, 3, 9, 19, 47, 98, 220, 441, 885, 1771, 3551, 7106, 14279, 28559, 57121, 114243, 228495, 456994, 914012, 1828025, 3656053, 7312107, 14624223, 29248450, 58497096, 116994195, 233988391, 467976791, 935953586, 1871907196
OFFSET
1,2
COMMENTS
Also, values of len_y(n) when len_x(n) = 0 in A090822.
LINKS
F. J. van de Bult, D. C. Gijswijt, J. P. Linderman, N. J. A. Sloane and Allan Wilks, A Slow-Growing Sequence Defined by an Unusual Recurrence, J. Integer Sequences, Vol. 10 (2007), #07.1.2.
F. J. van de Bult, D. C. Gijswijt, J. P. Linderman, N. J. A. Sloane and Allan Wilks, A Slow-Growing Sequence Defined by an Unusual Recurrence [pdf, ps].
FORMULA
a(1) = 1; for n > 1, a(n+1) = 2*a(n) + A091579(n).
This roughly doubles at each step and a(n) -> 1.743349432191828... * 2^n.
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
N. J. A. Sloane, Mar 04 2004
EXTENSIONS
14279 and 28559 from Allan Wilks, Mar 04 2004
Extended by N. J. A. Sloane, Mar 06 2004
STATUS
approved