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A170872
a(0) = 1, a(1) = 2; a(2^i + j) = 3a(j) + 3a(j + 1) for 0 <= j < 2^i.
2
1, 2, 9, 33, 9, 33, 126, 126, 9, 33, 126, 126, 126, 477, 756, 405, 9, 33, 126, 126, 126, 477, 756, 405, 126, 477, 756, 756, 1809, 3699, 3483, 1242, 9, 33, 126, 126, 126, 477, 756, 405, 126, 477, 756, 756, 1809, 3699, 3483, 1242, 126, 477, 756, 756, 1809, 3699, 3483, 1593
OFFSET
0,2
LINKS
David Applegate, Omar E. Pol and N. J. A. Sloane, The Toothpick Sequence and Other Sequences from Cellular Automata, Congressus Numerantium, Vol. 206 (2010), 157-191. [There is a typo in Theorem 6: (13) should read u(n) = 4.3^(wt(n-1)-1) for n >= 2.]
CROSSREFS
Sequence in context: A264234 A056916 A139628 * A123142 A122097 A073400
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
N. J. A. Sloane, Jan 02 2010
STATUS
approved