OFFSET
0,2
COMMENTS
All numbers of the form (2^n)-2 are present, which guarantees the uniqueness and also provides a well-defined method to compute the sequence, for example, via a partially reversed version A255066.
The sequence was inspired by a similar "binary weight beanstalk", A179016, sharing some general properties with it (like its partly self-copying behavior, see A255071), but also differing in some aspects. For example, here the branching degree is not the constant 2, but can vary from 1 to 4. (Cf. A255058.)
LINKS
Antti Karttunen, Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..16142
FORMULA
CROSSREFS
First differences: A255336.
Terms halved: A255057.
Cf. A255053 & A255055 (the lower & upper bound for a(n)) and also A255123, A255124 (distances to those limits).
Cf. A255327, A255058 (branching degree for node n), A255330 (number of nodes in the finite subtrees branching from the node n), A255331, A255332
Subsequence: A000918 (except for -1).
KEYWORD
nonn,base
AUTHOR
Antti Karttunen, Feb 14 2015
STATUS
approved