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A111439
Variation of Golomb's sequence: a(n) is the number of times n appears with a(n) unequal to a(n-1).
1
1, 2, 3, 2, 3, 4, 3, 4, 5, 6, 5, 6, 5, 6, 7, 6, 7, 8, 7, 8, 9, 8, 9, 8, 9, 10, 9, 10, 9, 10, 11, 10, 11, 10, 11, 10, 11, 12, 11, 12, 13, 12, 13, 12, 13, 12, 13, 12, 13, 14, 15, 14, 15, 14, 15, 14, 15, 14, 15, 14, 15, 16, 15, 16, 17, 16, 17, 16, 17
OFFSET
1,2
COMMENTS
a(n) is understood to be the smallest number >=a(n-2) fitting the description.
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PROG
(PARI) r = vector(69, k, -1); p = 0; for (i=1, #r, v = 1; while (v==p || r[v]==0, v++); r[i]=v; r[v]--; print1 (v ", "); p=v); \\ Rémy Sigrist, Jan 28 2017
CROSSREFS
Bisections: A080606 and A080605. Cf. A001462 (Golomb's sequence).
Sequence in context: A045670 A363678 A194960 * A020986 A326820 A095161
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
Floor van Lamoen, Nov 14 2005
EXTENSIONS
Offset corrected by Rémy Sigrist, Jan 28 2017
STATUS
approved