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A292594
a(n) = A000120(A292590(n)).
3
0, 0, 1, 1, 0, 2, 2, 1, 3, 3, 1, 4, 0, 0, 5, 5, 2, 2, 5, 2, 6, 6, 1, 7, 0, 3, 8, 1, 3, 9, 9, 1, 3, 9, 4, 10, 10, 0, 3, 10, 0, 11, 2, 5, 12, 1, 5, 4, 12, 2, 13, 13, 2, 14, 14, 5, 15, 3, 2, 4, 0, 6, 1, 15, 6, 16, 2, 1, 17, 17, 7, 4, 4, 0, 18, 18, 3, 6, 18, 8, 5, 18, 1, 19, 0, 3, 20, 1, 9, 21, 21, 9, 6, 1, 1, 22, 22, 3, 23, 23, 9, 4, 5, 4, 5
OFFSET
1,6
COMMENTS
Locate the node which contains n in binary tree A245612 (or in its mirror-image A244154) and traverse from that node towards the root, counting all multiples of three that occur on the path. More formally, for n > 1, a(n) counts the multiples of 3 encountered until 1 is reached, when we iterate the map x -> A285712(x), starting from x=n. The count includes also n itself if it is a multiple of 3.
FORMULA
a(1) = 0; and for n > 1, a(n) = A079978(n) + a(A285712(n)).
a(n) = A000120(A292590(n)).
a(n) + A292595(n) = A285715(n).
MATHEMATICA
f[n_] := f[n] = Which[n == 1, 0, Mod[n, 3] == 2, Ceiling[n/3], True, (Times @@ Power[If[# == 1, 1, NextPrime[#, -1]] & /@ First@ #, Last@ #] &@ Transpose@ FactorInteger[2 n - 1] + 1)/2]; a[n_] := a[n] = If[n == 1, n - 1, 2 a[f@ n] + Boole[Divisible[n, 3]]]; Array[DigitCount[a@ #, 2, 1] &, 105] (* Michael De Vlieger, Sep 22 2017 *)
PROG
(definec (A292594 n) (if (<= n 1) 0 (+ (if (zero? (modulo n 3)) 1 0) (A292594 (A285712 n)))))
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
Antti Karttunen, Sep 20 2017
STATUS
approved