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A333555
Lexicographically earliest infinite sequence of positive terms such that for any two distinct nonempty intervals, say [t, u] and [v, w], a(t) XOR ... XOR a(u) <> a(v) XOR ... XOR a(w) (where XOR denotes the bitwise XOR operator).
3
1, 2, 4, 8, 5, 16, 32, 17, 64, 18, 37, 128, 19, 39, 72, 38, 30, 256, 20, 34, 66, 234, 512, 22, 41, 103, 174, 258, 60, 236, 1024, 23, 71, 50, 267, 24, 169, 526, 127, 285, 2048, 28, 47, 187, 69, 378, 523, 272, 1063, 367, 591, 193, 475, 4096, 31, 65, 176, 277
OFFSET
1,2
COMMENTS
By necessity, all terms are distincts.
Also, for any m and n such that m <= n, a(m) XOR ... XOR a(n) > 0.
This sequence has similarities with A101274; here we combine consecutive terms with the XOR operator, there with the classic addition.
LINKS
EXAMPLE
The values of a(u) XOR ... XOR a(v) for u <= v <= 10 are:
u\v| 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
---+---------------------------------------
1| 1 3 7 15 10 26 58 43 107 121 --> A333556(v)
2| . 2 6 14 11 27 59 42 106 120
3| . . 4 12 9 25 57 40 104 122
4| . . . 8 13 29 61 44 108 126
5| . . . . 5 21 53 36 100 118
6| . . . . . 16 48 33 97 115
7| . . . . . . 32 49 113 99
8| . . . . . . . 17 81 67
9| . . . . . . . . 64 82
10| . . . . . . . . . 18
PROG
(C) See Links section.
CROSSREFS
Sequence in context: A372129 A369414 A125733 * A352378 A280426 A000689
KEYWORD
nonn,look,base
AUTHOR
Rémy Sigrist, Mar 26 2020
STATUS
approved