OFFSET
1,2
COMMENTS
From Bernard Schott, Jun 30 2019: (Start)
The terms can also be written simply following this array with 3 columns:
1st column 2nd column 3rd column
1 + 2 = 3
4 + 5 = 9
6 + 7 = 13
8 + 10 = 18
11 + 12 = 23
14 + 15 = 29
16 + 17 = 33
... ... ...
Question: in which column ends up the repdigit R_m(d) with m times the digit d?
Answer: R_m(d) will be in:
1) column 1 if d = 1, 4, 6, 8, or if d = 9 and m is even;
2) column 2 if d = 2, 5, 7;
3) column 3 if d = 3, or if d = 9 and m is odd.
Problem coming from Krusemeyer et al. (End)
LINKS
Ivan Neretin, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..10000
Mark I. Krusemeyer, George T. Gilbert, Loren C. Larson, A Mathematical Orchard, Problems and Solutions, MAA, 2012, Problem 99, pp. 179-181.
FORMULA
From Rémy Sigrist, Apr 05 2020: (Start)
- a(3*n-2) = A249031(2*n-1),
- a(3*n-1) = A249031(2*n),
- a(3*n) = A075326(n).
(End)
a(3*(4k + m) + c) = (10k + 3m - [m>1])*2^[c=3] + c - [m = 3 and c <> 2 and k+1 is in A036554], where 1 <= c <= 3, 0 <= m <= 3, and [.] is the Iverson bracket. - M. F. Hasler, Nov 26 2024
MAPLE
N:= 100: # to get a(1) .. a(N)
S:= {$1..N}:
for n from 1 to N do
if n mod 3 = 0 then A[n] := A[n-1]+A[n-2]
else A[n]:= min(S)
fi;
S:= S minus {A[n]};
od:
seq(A[i], i=1..N); # Robert Israel, Feb 07 2016
MATHEMATICA
Fold[Append[#1, If[Divisible[#2, 3], #1[[-1]] + #1[[-2]], Min@Complement[Range[Max@#1 + 1], #1]]] &, {1}, Range[2, 71]] (* Ivan Neretin, Feb 05 2016 *)
PROG
(PARI) A101544_upto(N, U=[], T=0)=vector(N, n, if(n%=3, while(if(U, U[1])==T+=1, U=U[^1]); n>1 || N=T; T, U=concat(U, N+=T); N))
apply( {A101544(n, k=(n-=1)\12, m=n\3%4, c=n%3)=(10*k+3*m-(m>1))<<(c>1)+c+(m<3 || c==1 || valuation(k+1, 2)%2)}, [1..99]) \\ M. F. Hasler, Nov 26 2024
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
Reinhard Zumkeller, Dec 06 2004
STATUS
approved
