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%I #2 Mar 30 2012 19:00:32
%S 1,2,6,12,52,52,116,232,1864,1864,5960,5928,15144,15144,31528,63056,
%T 1008912,1008912,6199568,6199568
%N To calculate n-th term, find all shortest common superstrings of the binary representations of all natural numbers from 1 to n, read them as numbers in base-2, and pick max.
%e a(5)=52 because there are 2 shortest common superstrings of 1,10,11,100,101, they are 110100=52 and 101100=44. Pick 52 because 52>44.
%K nonn,base
%O 1,2
%A _Vladimir Reshetnikov_, Sep 08 2010