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A117073
Sequence of which A078783 is the Recamán transform.
5
0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10, 11, 20, 21, 22, 40, 41, 42, 82, 83, 84, 166, 167, 168, 334, 335, 336, 670, 671, 672, 1340, 1341, 1342, 2682, 2683, 2684, 5366, 5367, 5368, 10734, 10735, 10736, 21470, 21471, 21472, 42942, 42943, 42944, 85886, 85887, 85888
OFFSET
0,3
COMMENTS
The d() sequence mentioned in A078783. Absolute values of first differences of A078783.
REFERENCES
N. J. A. Sloane and Allan Wilks, On sequences of Recaman type, paper in preparation, 2006.
LINKS
MATHEMATICA
b[0] = 0; b[1] = 1;
b[n_] := b[n] = For[m = 2, True, m++, If[FreeQ[Array[b, n-1], m], If[Abs[m - b[n-1]] > Abs[b[n-1] - b[n-2]], Return[m]]]];
a[0] = 0; a[n_] := a[n] = Abs[b[n] - b[n-1]];
Table[Print["a(", n, ") = ", a[n]]; a[n], {n, 0, 50}] (* Jean-François Alcover, Aug 02 2018 *)
PROG
(Haskell)
a117073 n = a117073_list !! n
-- a117073_list defined in A078783. -- Reinhard Zumkeller, May 01 2015
CROSSREFS
Cf. A078783.
Sequence in context: A306975 A123054 A093703 * A063952 A277025 A208982
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
N. J. A. Sloane, Apr 17 2006
STATUS
approved