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%S 0,0,1,0,1,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,1,0,0,1,0,0,0,1,0,0,1,0,0,0,1,0,1,0,0,0,1,0,
%T 0,1,0,0,0,1,0,1,0,0,0,1,0,0,1,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,1,0,0,1,0,0,0,1,0,1,0,0,
%U 0,1,0,0,1,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,1,0,0,1,0,0
%N Fixed point of the mapping 00->001, 1->010, starting with 00.
%C Conjecture: the number of letters (0's and 1's) in the n-th iterate of the mapping is given by A001580.
%H Clark Kimberling, <a href="/A285666/b285666.txt">Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..10000</a>
%e Iterates, starting with 00:
%e 00
%e 001
%e 001010
%e 00101000100
%e 00101000100010010001
%e 0010100010001001000100100010100010010
%t s = {0, 0}; w[0] = StringJoin[Map[ToString, s]];
%t w[n_] := StringReplace[w[n - 1], {"00" -> "001", "1" -> "010"}]
%t Table[w[n], {n, 0, 8}]
%t st = ToCharacterCode[w[11]] - 48 (* A285666 *)
%t Flatten[Position[st, 0]] (* A285667 *)
%t Flatten[Position[st, 1]] (* A286058 *)
%t Table[StringLength[w[n]], {n, 1, 35}] (* A001580 conjectured *)
%Y Cf. A285667, A286058, A001580.
%K nonn,easy
%O 1
%A _Clark Kimberling_, Jun 05 2017