A345921 Numbers k such that the k-th composition in standard order (row k of A066099) has alternating sum != 0.

1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 14, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 37, 38, 39, 40, 42, 44, 45, 47, 48, 49, 51, 52, 54, 56, 57, 59, 60, 62, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81

Offset

1,2

Comments

The alternating sum of a sequence (y_1,...,y_k) is Sum_i (-1)^(i-1) y_i.

The k-th composition in standard order (graded reverse-lexicographic, A066099) is obtained by taking the set of positions of 1's in the reversed binary expansion of k, prepending 0, taking first differences, and reversing again. This gives a bijective correspondence between nonnegative integers and integer compositions.

Also numbers k such that the k-th composition in standard order has reverse-alternating sum != 0.

Links

Table of n, a(n) for n=1..67.

Example

The initial terms and the corresponding compositions:
     1: (1)        20: (2,3)          35: (4,1,1)
     2: (2)        21: (2,2,1)        37: (3,2,1)
     4: (3)        22: (2,1,2)        38: (3,1,2)
     5: (2,1)      23: (2,1,1,1)      39: (3,1,1,1)
     6: (1,2)      24: (1,4)          40: (2,4)
     7: (1,1,1)    25: (1,3,1)        42: (2,2,2)
     8: (4)        26: (1,2,2)        44: (2,1,3)
     9: (3,1)      27: (1,2,1,1)      45: (2,1,2,1)
    11: (2,1,1)    28: (1,1,3)        47: (2,1,1,1,1)
    12: (1,3)      29: (1,1,2,1)      48: (1,5)
    14: (1,1,2)    30: (1,1,1,2)      49: (1,4,1)
    16: (5)        31: (1,1,1,1,1)    51: (1,3,1,1)
    17: (4,1)      32: (6)            52: (1,2,3)
    18: (3,2)      33: (5,1)          54: (1,2,1,2)
    19: (3,1,1)    34: (4,2)          56: (1,1,4)

Mathematica

stc[n_]:=Differences[Prepend[Join@@Position[Reverse[IntegerDigits[n, 2]], 1], 0]]//Reverse;
ats[y_]:=Sum[(-1)^(i-1)*y[[i]], {i, Length[y]}];
Select[Range[0, 100], ats[stc[#]]!=0&]

Crossrefs

The version for Heinz numbers of partitions is A000037.

These compositions are counted by A058622.

These are the positions of terms != 0 in A124754.

The complement (k = 0) is A344619.

The positive (k > 0) version is A345917 (reverse: A345918).

The negative (k < 0) version is A345919 (reverse: A345920).

A000041 counts partitions of 2n with alternating sum 0, ranked by A000290.

A011782 counts compositions.

A097805 counts compositions by alternating (or reverse-alternating) sum.

A103919 counts partitions by sum and alternating sum (reverse: A344612).

A316524 gives the alternating sum of prime indices (reverse: A344616).

A345197 counts compositions by sum, length, and alternating sum.

Standard compositions: A000120, A066099, A070939, A228351, A124754, A344618.

Compositions of n, 2n, or 2n+1 with alternating/reverse-alternating sum k:

- k = 0: counted by A088218, ranked by A344619/A344619.

- k = 1: counted by A000984, ranked by A345909/A345911.

- k = -1: counted by A001791, ranked by A345910/A345912.

- k = 2: counted by A088218, ranked by A345925/A345922.

- k = -2: counted by A002054, ranked by A345924/A345923.

- k >= 0: counted by A116406, ranked by A345913/A345914.

- k <= 0: counted by A058622(n-1), ranked by A345915/A345916.

- k > 0: counted by A027306, ranked by A345917/A345918.

- k < 0: counted by A294175, ranked by A345919/A345920.

- k != 0: counted by A058622, ranked by A345921/A345921.

- k even: counted by A081294, ranked by A053754/A053754.

- k odd: counted by A000302, ranked by A053738/A053738.

Cf. A000070, A000346, A008549, A025047, A032443, A034871, A114121, A163493, A236913, A344609, A344651, A345908.

Sequence in context: A289002 A039114 A188372 * A088384 A026446 A167493

Adjacent sequences: A345918 A345919 A345920 * A345922 A345923 A345924

Keyword

nonn

Author

Gus Wiseman, Jul 10 2021

Status

approved