A151986 Maximal number of moves in the glass worms (or vers de verres) game with n glasses before detecting a cycle.

1, 2, 4, 7, 10, 13, 20, 22, 42, 43, 64, 65, 146, 147, 203, 239, 412, 413, 414, 415

Offset

1,2

Comments

Suggested by a question from Eric Angelini.

See the Sequence Fans Mailing List link and also the Angelini link for further information.

Links

Table of n, a(n) for n=1..20.

Eric Angelini, Vers de verres (Glass worms)

E. Angelini, Vers de verres (Glass worms) [Cached copy, with permission]

Sequence Fans Mailing List, Discussion about Glass Worms

Crossrefs

Cf. A151987.

Sequence in context: A049983 A168112 A170894 * A378244 A287522 A101472

Adjacent sequences: A151983 A151984 A151985 * A151987 A151988 A151989

Keyword

nonn,more

Author

Jacques Tramu, Mar 09 2009

Extensions

a(11) corrected by Joseph Myers, Sep 07 2009

Edited and terms a(12) to a(20) from Sep 2009 discussion added by Joseph Myers, Nov 12 2010

Status

approved