OFFSET
1,2
COMMENTS
The corresponding gaps are 3, 7, 8, 20, 21, 24, 37, 42, ...
a(9) <= 288230376151711738.
Apparently, the records gaps occur for pairs of consecutive binary self numbers with a power of 2 between them. If this is generally true, then the next terms are 288230376151711738, 147573952589676412923, 37778931862957161709564, 10633823966279326983230456482242756602, 5444517870735015415413993718908291383294, 43556142965880123323311949751266331066367, ..., with the corresponding gaps 70, 77, 83, 135, 136, 137, ...
EXAMPLE
The first 4 binary self numbers are 1, 4, 6 and 13. The gaps between them are 3, 2 and 7. The record gaps are 3 and 7, and the corresponding terms are 1 and 6.
MATHEMATICA
s[n_] := n + DigitCount[n, 2, 1]; selfQ[n_] := AllTrue[Range[n, n - Floor@Log2[n], -1], s[#] != n &]; dm = 0; seq = {}; n1 = 1; Do[If[selfQ[n], d = n - n1; If[d > dm, dm = d; AppendTo[seq, n1]]; n1 = n], {n, 2, 150000}]; seq
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn,base,more
AUTHOR
Amiram Eldar, Nov 28 2020
STATUS
approved