A008927 Number of increasing sequences of star chain type with maximal element n.
1, 1, 1, 2, 3, 6, 10, 20, 36, 70, 130, 252, 475, 916, 1745, 3362, 6438, 12410, 23852, 46020, 88697, 171339, 330938, 640189, 1238751, 2399677, 4650819, 9021862, 17510819, 34013311, 66106491, 128568177, 250191797, 487168941, 949133722, 1850211247, 3608650388
Offset: 1
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Examples
a(5)=3 because 1,2,3,4,5; 1,2,3,5; 1,2,4,5 are star-kind addition chains. a(8)=20 because there are 21 increasing addition chains up to 8, but 1,2,4,5,8 is not a star chain.
References
- M. Torelli, Increasing integer sequences and Goldbach's conjecture, preprint, 1996.
- D. E. Knuth, The Art of Computer Programming; Addison-Wesley. Section 4.6.3.
Links
- Martin Fuller, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..70
- M. Torelli, Increasing integer sequences and Goldbach's conjecture, RAIRO - Theoretical Informatics and Applications, vol.40, no.02 (April 2006), pp.107-121.
Formula
Conjecture: a(n) ~ 2^n/n. - Martin Fuller, Apr 29 2025
Extensions
More terms from David W. Wilson, Apr 01 2006
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