OFFSET
1
COMMENTS
Iterates of the mapping, starting with 00:
00
1000
011000
01011000
0011011000
10001011011000
011000011011011000
0101100001011011011000
00110110000011011011011000
1000101101100010001011011011011000
The 1-limiting word is the limit of the n-th iterates for n == 1 mod 4. Conjecture: the number of letters (0's and 1's) in the n-th iterate is given by A288732(n), for n >= 0.
LINKS
Clark Kimberling, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..10000
EXAMPLE
The first three n-th iterates for n == 1 mod 3 are
1000
10001011011000
1000101101100010001011011011011000
MATHEMATICA
s = {0, 0}; w[0] = StringJoin[Map[ToString, s]];
w[n_] := StringReplace[w[n - 1], {"00" -> "1000", "10" -> "01"}]
Table[w[n], {n, 0, 8}]
st = ToCharacterCode[w[21]] - 48 (* A288733 *)
Flatten[Position[st, 0]] (* A288734 *)
Flatten[Position[st, 1]] (* A288735 *)
Table[StringLength[w[n]], {n, 0, 20}] (* A288732 *)
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn,easy
AUTHOR
Clark Kimberling, Jun 16 2017
STATUS
approved