A293705 a(n) is the shift of the longest palindromic subsequence in the first n terms of A293699.

0, -1, 0, -1, 0, -1, 0, -1, -2, -3, -4, -5, -6, 6, 5, 7, 6, 5, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 0, -1, -2, -3, -4, -5, -6, -7, -8, -9, -10, -11, -12, -13, -14, -15, -16, -17, -18, 18, 17, 16, 15, 14, 13, 12, 11, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 0, -1, -2, -3, -4, -5

Offset

1,9

Comments

Shift is the measure of the position of the palindromic subsequence within the corresponding sequence of first differences, defined as the number of terms being dropped from the left end of the sequence of first differences minus those dropped from its right end. When shift is a positive number, it indicates the number of steps that the palindrome has moved to the right from its symmetric position.

Links

V.J. Pohjola, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..10000

V.J. Pohjola, Line plot for n=1...10000

V.J. Pohjola, Line plot for n=1...100

Example

For n = 1, differences = 3; longest palindrome = 3; a(1) = 0 - 0 = 0.
For n = 2, differences = 3, 19; longest palindrome = 3; a(2) = 0 - 1 = -1.
For n = 14, differences = 3, 19, 3, 19, 3, 19, 3, 3, 16, 3, 3, 16, 3, 3; longest palindrome = 3, 3, 16, 3, 3, 16, 3, 3; a(14) = 6 - 0 = 6.

Mathematica

rootsn = Flatten[Position[Table[Floor[Tan[-i]], {i, 1, 10^4}], 1]];
difn = Differences[rootsn];
ldn = Length[difn];
kmax = 500; palsn = {}; lenpalsn = {0}; shiftn = {}; posn = {};
Do[diffin = difn[[1 ;; k]]; lendiffin = Length[diffin];
  pmax = k - Last[lenpalsn];
  t = Table[difn[[p ;; k]], {p, 1, pmax}];
  sn = Flatten[Select[t, # == Reverse[#] &]];
  If[sn == {},
   AppendTo[palsn, Last[palsn]] && AppendTo[lenpalsn, Last[lenpalsn]],
   AppendTo[palsn, sn] && AppendTo[lenpalsn, Length[Flatten[sn]]]];
  AppendTo[posn, Position[t, Last[palsn]]]; pp = Last[Flatten[posn]] - 1;
  qq = lendiffin - (pp + Last[lenpalsn]);
  AppendTo[shiftn, pp - qq], {k, 1, kmax}];
shiftn (*a(n)=shiftn[[n]]*)

Crossrefs

Cf. A293698, A293751, A293700, A293702, A293704, A293699, A293701, A293706, A293703.

Sequence in context: A272081 A317582 A378758 * A036055 A034151 A101272

Adjacent sequences: A293702 A293703 A293704 * A293706 A293707 A293708

Keyword

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Author

V.J. Pohjola, Oct 21 2017

Status

approved