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A319850
Number of distinct positive integers that can be obtained, starting with the initial interval partition (1, ..., n), by iteratively adding or multiplying together parts until only one part remains.
11
1, 2, 5, 21, 94, 446, 2287, 12568, 78509
OFFSET
1,2
EXAMPLE
The n-th row lists all integers that can be obtained starting with (1, ..., n):
1
2 3
5 6 7 8 9
9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 24 25 26 27 28 30 32 36
MATHEMATICA
ReplaceListRepeated[forms_, rerules_]:=Union[Flatten[FixedPointList[Function[pre, Union[Flatten[ReplaceList[#, rerules]&/@pre, 1]]], forms], 1]];
Table[Length[Select[ReplaceListRepeated[{Range[n]}, {{foe___, x_, mie___, y_, afe___}:>Sort[Append[{foe, mie, afe}, x+y]], {foe___, x_, mie___, y_, afe___}:>Sort[Append[{foe, mie, afe}, x*y]]}], Length[#]==1&]], {n, 6}]
KEYWORD
nonn,more
AUTHOR
Gus Wiseman, Sep 29 2018
STATUS
approved