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%I #12 May 28 2021 11:06:08
%S 0,1,0,0,1,0,1,0,0,1,1,0,0,1,0,1,1,0,0,1,0,1,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,1,0,1,0,0,
%T 1,1,0,0,1,0,1,1,1,0,0,1,0,1,0,0,1,1,0,0,1,0,1,1,0,0,1,0,1,0,0,1,1,1,
%U 1,0,0,1,0,1,0,0,1,1,0,0,1,0,1,1,0,0
%N Fixed point of the mapping 00->0101, 10->1001, starting with 00.
%C Iterates, starting with 00:
%C 00
%C 0101
%C 010011
%C 01001011
%C 010010100111
%C 010010100110010111
%C 0100101001100101100101001111
%C Conjecture: the number of letters (0's and 1's) in the n-th iterate is given by A288603(n).
%C Is this A288375 with a prefixed 0? - _R. J. Mathar_, Nov 04 2017
%H Clark Kimberling, <a href="/A288600/b288600.txt">Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..10000</a>
%t s = {0, 0}; w[0] = StringJoin[Map[ToString, s]];
%t w[n_] := StringReplace[w[n - 1], {"00" -> "0101", "10" -> "1001"}]
%t Table[w[n], {n, 0, 8}]
%t st = ToCharacterCode[w[11]] - 48 (* A288600 *)
%t Flatten[Position[st, 0]] (* A288601 *)
%t Flatten[Position[st, 1]] (* A288602 *)
%t Table[StringLength[w[n]], {n, 1, 35}] (* A288603 conjectured *)
%Y Cf. A288601, A288602, A288603.
%K nonn,easy
%O 1
%A _Clark Kimberling_, Jun 14 2017
%E Definition corrected by _Georg Fischer_, May 28 2021