A277891 a(n) = number of odd numbers encountered before reaching (n^2)-1 when starting from k = ((n+1)^2)-1 and iterating map k -> k - A002828(k).

1, 0, 2, 1, 2, 2, 4, 2, 4, 3, 4, 4, 6, 5, 7, 6, 5, 6, 7, 7, 6, 6, 11, 9, 9, 9, 12, 9, 10, 9, 11, 11, 12, 11, 14, 13, 15, 12, 14, 14, 16, 14, 15, 13, 15, 17, 18, 17, 14, 17, 19, 18, 20, 17, 22, 19, 22, 20, 20, 22, 20, 22, 23, 22, 24, 25, 22, 22, 25, 26, 26, 25, 28, 24, 30, 26, 28, 29, 27, 27, 28, 32, 29, 28, 32, 32, 29, 31, 30, 29, 35, 33, 32, 32, 35, 34, 35, 36

Offset

1,3

Comments

The starting point ((n+1)^2)-1 of the iteration is included if it is odd, but the ending point (n^2)-1 is never included in the count.

a(n) = number of odd numbers on row n of A276574, after the initial zero-row.

On the average, the odd terms in A276573 (A276574) seem to occur more frequently than the even terms. (The last point in range 1..10000 where a(n) <= A277890(n) is n=862). See also comments in A277487 and the plot of ratio a(n)/A277890(n), also the plot of A277889.

Links

Antti Karttunen, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..10000

A. Karttunen, Ratio a(n)/A277890(n) drawn with OEIS Plot 2 tool

Formula

a(n) + A277890(n) = A260734(n).

a(n) >= A277487(n).

Example

For n=6, we start iterating from k = ((6+1)^2)-1 = 48, with k -> k - A002828(k), to obtain 48 -> 45 -> 43 -> 40 -> 38 before reaching 35 (which is 6^2 - 1, an ending point and thus not included in the count), and the only odd numbers before that were 45 and 43, thus a(6) = 2.

Prog

(PARI)
istwo(n:int)=my(f); if(n<3, return(n>=0); ); f=factor(n>>valuation(n, 2)); for(i=1, #f[, 1], if(bitand(f[i, 2], 1)==1&&bitand(f[i, 1], 3)==3, return(0))); 1
isthree(n:int)=my(tmp=valuation(n, 2)); bitand(tmp, 1)||bitand(n>>tmp, 7)!=7
A002828(n)=if(issquare(n), !!n, if(istwo(n), 2, 4-isthree(n))) \\ From _Charles R Greathouse_ IV, Jul 19 2011
A277891(n) = { my(orgk = ((n+1)^2)-1); my(k = orgk, s = 0); while(((k == orgk) || !issquare(1+k)), s = s + (k%2); k = k - A002828(k)); s; };
for(n=1, 10000, write("b277891.txt", n, " ", A277891(n)));
(Scheme)
(define (A277891 n) (let ((org_k (- (A000290 (+ 1 n)) 1))) (let loop ((k org_k) (s 0)) (if (and (< k org_k) (= 1 (A010052 (+ 1 k)))) s (loop (- k (A002828 k)) (+ s (A000035 k)))))))

Crossrefs

Cf. A000035, A000290, A002828, A010052, A077773, A260733, A260734, A276574, A277191, A277192, A277487, A277889, A277890.

Sequence in context: A205551 A281130 A054541 * A102722 A339219 A308302

Adjacent sequences: A277888 A277889 A277890 * A277892 A277893 A277894

Keyword

nonn

Author

Antti Karttunen, Nov 08 2016

Status

approved