A081690 From P-positions in a certain game.

0, 1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77

Offset: 0

Author

N. J. A. Sloane, Apr 02 2003

Keywords

• nonn

Links

• A. S. Fraenkel, New games related to old and new sequences, INTEGERS, Electronic J. of Combinatorial Number Theory, Vol. 4, Paper G6, 2004.

Crossrefs

Apart from initial zero, complement of A081691.

Formula

Let a(n) = this sequence, b(n) = A081691. Then a(n) = mex{ a(i), b(i) : 0 <= i < n}, b(0) = 0, b(n) = 2(b(n-1) - a(n-1)) + a(n) + 1 = a(n) + 2^n - 1.

Extensions

Corrected and extended by Vladeta Jovovic, Apr 04 2003