A086833 Minimum number of different addends occurring in any shortest addition chain of Brauer type for a given n, or 0 if n has no shortest addition chain of Brauer type.

1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 3, 2, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 3, 3, 4, 3, 4, 5, 4, 4, 4, 3, 4, 4, 4, 4, 5, 5, 5, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 5, 5, 4, 6, 5, 4, 6, 4, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 4, 4, 5, 4, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 4, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 7, 5, 5, 6, 4, 6, 7, 5, 6, 7, 5, 6, 6, 5, 5, 7, 5, 5, 5, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 5

Offset: 1

Author

Tatsuru Murai, Aug 08 2003

Keywords

• nonn

Comments

n = 12509 is the first n for which a(n) = 0 because it is the smallest number that has no shortest addition chain of Brauer type. - Hugo Pfoertner, Jun 10 2006 [Edited by Pontus von Brömssen, Apr 25 2025]

Examples

			a(23)=5 because 23=1+1+2+1+4+9+5 is the shortest addition chain for 23.
For n=9 there are A079301(9)=3 different shortest addition chains, all of Brauer type:
[1 2 3 6 9] -> 9=1+1+1+3+3 -> 2 different addends {1,3}
[1 2 4 5 9] -> 9=1+1+2+1+4 -> 3 different addends {1,2,4}
[1 2 4 8 9] -> 9=1+1+2+4+1 -> 3 different addends {1,2,4}
The minimum number of different addends is 2, therefore a(9)=2.
		

Links

• Giovanni Resta, Tables of Shortest Addition Chains, computed by David W. Wilson.
• Index to sequences related to the complexity of n

Crossrefs

Cf. A003064, A003065, A003313, A005766, A008057, A008928, A008933, A079300, A079300, A079301, A349044.

Formula

a(n) = 0 if and only if n is in A349044. - Pontus von Brömssen, Apr 25 2025

Extensions

Edited by Hugo Pfoertner, Jun 10 2006

Escape clause added by Pontus von Brömssen, Apr 25 2025