OFFSET
0,4
COMMENTS
Generalized Ruler Function for k=4. - Frank Ruskey and Chris Deugau (deugaucj(AT)uvic.ca)
a(n) is 1 + the 4-adic valuation of n+1. - Joerg Arndt, Oct 07 2015
LINKS
Antti Karttunen, Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..16384
Joseph Rosenbaum, Elementary Problem E319, American Mathematical Monthly, volume 45, number 10, December 1938, pages 694-696. (The A indices in P at equations 1' and 2' for p=4.)
FORMULA
G.f.: Sum_{k>=0} x^(4^k)/(1-x^(4^k)). - Frank Ruskey and Chris Deugau (deugaucj(AT)uvic.ca)
Dirichlet g.f. (conjectured): zeta(s)/(1-2^(-2s)). - Ralf Stephan, Mar 27 2015
a(4*n) = a(4*n+1) = a(4*n+2) = 1, a(4*n+3) = 1+a(n), if n >= 0. - Michael Somos, Jul 13 2017
MATHEMATICA
a[ n_] := If[ n < 0, 0, 1 + IntegerExponent[n + 1, 4]]; (* Michael Somos, Jul 19 2017 *)
PROG
(Sage) [(1/3)*(4-sum(n.digits(4))+sum((n-1).digits(4))) for n in [1..96]] # Tom Edgar, Oct 06 2015
(PARI) a(n) = 1 + valuation(n+1, 4); \\ Joerg Arndt, Oct 07 2015
(PARI) {a(n) = if( n<0, 0, n%4==3, 1 + a((n - 3) / 4), 1)}; /* Michael Somos, Jul 13 2017 */
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn,easy
AUTHOR
Paul Barry, Jan 21 2006
STATUS
approved