OFFSET
1,2
LINKS
Clark Kimberling, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..10000
FORMULA
a(n) = A171946(n) for n>=2.
a(n + 1) = a(n) + A096268(a(n) - 1) + 1 for all n > 0. (conjecture) - Velin Yanev, Mar 23 2019
EXAMPLE
As a word, A285384 = 11011101..., in which the positions of 1 are 1,2,4,5,6,8,...
MATHEMATICA
PROG
(Python)
def A285385(n):
def f(x):
c, s = n, bin(x-1)[2:]
l = len(s)
for i in range(l&1, l, 2):
c += int(s[i])+int('0'+s[:i], 2)
return c
m, k = n, f(n)
while m != k: m, k = k, f(k)
return m # Chai Wah Wu, Jan 29 2025
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn,easy
AUTHOR
Clark Kimberling, Apr 26 2017
STATUS
approved