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A163807
Reverse the order of inner digits (all digits but the first and last) of n written in binary. a(n) = the decimal value of the result.
1
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 12, 13, 10, 11, 14, 15, 16, 17, 24, 25, 20, 21, 28, 29, 18, 19, 26, 27, 22, 23, 30, 31, 32, 33, 48, 49, 40, 41, 56, 57, 36, 37, 52, 53, 44, 45, 60, 61, 34, 35, 50, 51, 42, 43, 58, 59, 38, 39, 54, 55, 46, 47, 62, 63, 64, 65, 96, 97, 80, 81, 112, 113, 72
OFFSET
1,2
COMMENTS
This is a self-inverse permutation of the positive integers.
LINKS
EXAMPLE
18 in binary is 10010. The inner digits are 001. Reverse these, leaving the first digit (a 1) and the last digit (a 0) untouched, and we have 11000. a(18) is the decimal equivalent of 11000, which is 24.
MATHEMATICA
a[n_]:=FromDigits[Append[Join[{Part[IntegerDigits[n, 2], 1]}, Reverse[Drop[Drop[IntegerDigits[n, 2], 1], -1]]], Part[IntegerDigits[n, 2], -1]], 2]; Join[{1}, Array[a, 71, 2]] (* Stefano Spezia, Jan 14 2023 *)
CROSSREFS
Cf. A030101.
Sequence in context: A143265 A109841 A174234 * A118766 A136399 A056167
KEYWORD
base,nonn,look
AUTHOR
Leroy Quet, Aug 04 2009
EXTENSIONS
More terms from R. J. Mathar, Sep 27 2009
STATUS
approved