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A369277
Distinct values of A369317, in order of appearance.
2
1, 3, 7, 5, 15, 9, 31, 21, 11, 13, 63, 17, 51, 127, 85, 33, 73, 255, 27, 45, 511, 65, 341, 23, 107, 29, 19, 189, 195, 25, 1023, 273, 69, 81, 455, 129, 585, 79, 93, 819, 207, 121, 243, 2047, 1365, 279, 635, 443, 889, 465, 4095, 257, 1419, 1677, 1057, 313, 1335
OFFSET
1,2
COMMENTS
All terms are even.
This sequence is infinite as it contains A126646.
Will every odd number appear in the sequence?
Empirically, each odd number, say v, appears in A369317, and the first index is of the form v*2^k - 1 for some k > 0 (see Example section).
EXAMPLE
The first terms, alongside their index m in A369317, in decimal and in binary, are:
n a(n) m bin(a(n)) bin(m)
-- ---- ---- --------- ------------
1 1 1 1 1
2 3 5 11 101
3 7 27 111 11011
4 5 39 101 100111
5 15 119 1111 1110111
6 9 287 1001 100011111
7 31 495 11111 111101111
8 21 671 10101 1010011111
9 11 703 1011 1010111111
10 13 831 1101 1100111111
11 63 2015 111111 11111011111
12 17 2175 10001 100001111111
PROG
(PARI) See Links section.
CROSSREFS
Sequence in context: A090916 A342701 A184162 * A324821 A345401 A059912
KEYWORD
nonn,base
AUTHOR
Rémy Sigrist, Jan 20 2024
STATUS
approved