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A093921
a(1) = 1; for n > 1, a(n) = curling number of (b(1),...,b(n-1)), where b() = Kolakoski sequence A000002.
2
1, 1, 1, 2, 1, 2, 1, 1, 2, 2, 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 1, 1, 2, 2, 1, 2, 2, 2, 1, 2, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1, 1, 2, 2, 1, 2, 2, 2, 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 1, 1, 2, 2, 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1, 2, 2, 2, 1, 2, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 1, 1, 2, 2, 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2
OFFSET
1,4
COMMENTS
The curling number of a finite string S = (s(1),...,s(n)) is the largest integer k such that S can be written as xy^k for strings x and y (where y has positive length).
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].
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
N. J. A. Sloane, May 26 2004
STATUS
approved