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A113946 Series expansion of Farey rational polynomial based on A112627.

1, 5, 23, 81, 367, 1297, 5871, 20753, 93935, 332049, 1502959, 5312785, 24047343, 85004561, 384757487, 1360072977, 6156119791, 21761167633, 98497916655, 348178682129, 1575966666479, 5570858914065, 25215466663663, 89133742625041

Offset: 0

Roger L. Bagula, Jan 31 2006

Polynomial expanded is constant*(x+1/2)^2*(1+2x)/(1-x-16x^2+16x^3) the Jasinski rational polynomial p[x_] = (9/32)*(x + 1/2)^3/((x - 1/4)*(x + 1/4)*(x + 1)) f[x_] := 1/p[x] /; 0 <= x <= 1/2 f[x_] := p[x] /; 1/2 < x <= 1 gives a Farey like function with maximum at 1.

Index entries for linear recurrences with constant coefficients, signature (-1,16,16).

Cf. A112627.

b = -(16/9)*ReplacePart[Table[Coefficient[Series[(9/32)*(x + 1/2)^3/((x - 1/4)*(x + 1/4)*(x + 1)), {x, 0, 30}], x^n], {n, 0, 30}], -9/16, 1]

b(n) = coefficient series expansion of (9/32)*(x + 1/2)^3/((x - 1/4)*(x + 1/4)*(x + 1)) a(n) = (-16/9)*b(n).
a(n) = (5*(-4)^n+4*(-1)^n+81*4^n)/60 for n>0. G.f.: -(2*x+1)^3 / ((x+1)*(4*x-1)*(4*x+1)). [Colin Barker, Dec 03 2012]
a(n) = -a(n-1)+16*a(n-2)+16*a(n-3). - Wesley Ivan Hurt, May 07 2021

A002450 a(n) = (4^n - 1)/3.

Original entry on oeis.org

0, 1, 5, 21, 85, 341, 1365, 5461, 21845, 87381, 349525, 1398101, 5592405, 22369621, 89478485, 357913941, 1431655765, 5726623061, 22906492245, 91625968981, 366503875925, 1466015503701, 5864062014805, 23456248059221, 93824992236885, 375299968947541

Offset: 0

N. J. A. Sloane

For n > 0, a(n) is the degree (n-1) "numbral" power of 5 (see A048888 for the definition of numbral arithmetic). Example: a(3) = 21, since the numbral square of 5 is 5(*)5 = 101(*)101(base 2) = 101 OR 10100 = 10101(base 2) = 21, where the OR is taken bitwise. - John W. Layman, Dec 18 2001
a(n) is composite for all n > 2 and has factors x, (3*x + 2*(-1)^n) where x belongs to A001045. In binary the terms greater than 0 are 1, 101, 10101, 1010101, etc. - John McNamara, Jan 16 2002
Number of n X 2 binary arrays with path of adjacent 1's from upper left corner to right column. - R. H. Hardin, Mar 16 2002
The Collatz-function iteration started at a(n), for n >= 1, will end at 1 after 2*n+1 steps. - Labos Elemer, Sep 30 2002 [corrected by Wolfdieter Lang, Aug 16 2021]
Second binomial transform of A001045. - Paul Barry, Mar 28 2003
All members of sequence are also generalized octagonal numbers (A001082). - Matthew Vandermast, Apr 10 2003
Also sum of squares of divisors of 2^(n-1): a(n) = A001157(A000079(n-1)), for n > 0. - Paul Barry, Apr 11 2003
Binomial transform of A000244 (with leading zero). - Paul Barry, Apr 11 2003
Number of walks of length 2n between two vertices at distance 2 in the cycle graph C_6. For n = 2 we have for example 5 walks of length 4 from vertex A to C: ABABC, ABCBC, ABCDC, AFABC and AFEDC. - Herbert Kociemba, May 31 2004
Also number of walks of length 2n + 1 between two vertices at distance 3 in the cycle graph C_12. - Herbert Kociemba, Jul 05 2004
a(n+1) is the number of steps that are made when generating all n-step random walks that begin in a given point P on a two-dimensional square lattice. To make one step means to mark one vertex on the lattice (compare A080674). - Pawel P. Mazur (Pawel.Mazur(AT)pwr.wroc.pl), Mar 13 2005
a(n+1) is the sum of square divisors of 4^n. - Paul Barry, Oct 13 2005
a(n+1) is the decimal number generated by the binary bits in the n-th generation of the Rule 250 elementary cellular automaton. - Eric W. Weisstein, Apr 08 2006
a(k) = [M^k]2,1, where M is the 3 X 3 matrix defined as follows: M = [1, 1, 1; 1, 3, 1; 1, 1, 1]. - _Simone Severini, Jun 11 2006
a(n-1) / a(n) = percentage of wasted storage if a single image is stored as a pyramid with a each subsequent higher resolution layer containing four times as many pixels as the previous layer. n is the number of layers. - Victor Brodsky (victorbrodsky(AT)gmail.com), Jun 15 2006
k is in the sequence if and only if C(4k + 1, k) (A052203) is odd. - Paul Barry, Mar 26 2007
This sequence also gives the number of distinct 3-colorings of the odd cycle C(2*n - 1). - Keith Briggs, Jun 19 2007
All numbers of the form m*4^m + (4^m-1)/3 have the property that they are sums of two squares and also their indices are the sum of two squares. This follows from the identity m*4^m + (4^m-1)/3 = 4(4(..4(4m + 1) + 1) + 1) + 1 ..) + 1. - Artur Jasinski, Nov 12 2007
For n > 0, terms are the numbers that, in base 4, are repunits: 1_4, 11_4, 111_4, 1111_4, etc. - Artur Jasinski, Sep 30 2008
Let A be the Hessenberg matrix of order n, defined by: A[1, j] = 1, A[i, i] := 5, (i > 1), A[i, i - 1] = -1, and A[i, j] = 0 otherwise. Then, for n >= 1, a(n) = charpoly(A,1). - Milan Janjic, Jan 27 2010
This is the sequence A(0, 1; 3, 4; 2) = A(0, 1; 4, 0; 1) of the family of sequences [a, b : c, d : k] considered by G. Detlefs, and treated as A(a, b; c, d; k) in the W. Lang link given below. - Wolfdieter Lang, Oct 18 2010
6*a(n) + 1 is every second Mersenne number greater than or equal to M3, hence all Mersenne primes greater than M2 must be a 6*a(n) + 1 of this sequence. - Roderick MacPhee, Nov 01 2010
Smallest number having alternating bit sum n. Cf. A065359.
For n = 1, 2, ..., the last digit of a(n) is 1, 5, 1, 5, ... . - Washington Bomfim, Jan 21 2011
Rule 50 elementary cellular automaton generates this sequence. This sequence also appears in the second column of array in A173588. - Paul Muljadi, Jan 27 2011
Sequence found by reading the line from 0, in the direction 0, 5, ... and the line from 1, in the direction 1, 21, ..., in the square spiral whose edges are the Jacobsthal numbers A001045 and whose vertices are the numbers A000975. These parallel lines are two semi-diagonals in the spiral. - Omar E. Pol, Sep 10 2011
a(n), n >= 1, is also the inverse of 3, denoted by 3^(-1), Modd(2^(2*n - 1)). For Modd n see a comment on A203571. E.g., a(2) = 5, 3 * 5 = 15 == 1 (Modd 8), because floor(15/8) = 1 is odd and -15 == 1 (mod 8). For n = 1 note that 3 * 1 = 3 == 1 (Modd 2) because floor(3/2) = 1 and -3 == 1 (mod 2). The inverse of 3 taken Modd 2^(2*n) coincides with 3^(-1) (mod 2^(2*n)) given in A007583(n), n >= 1. - Wolfdieter Lang, Mar 12 2012
If an AVL tree has a leaf at depth n, then the tree can contain no more than a(n+1) nodes total. - Mike Rosulek, Nov 20 2012
Also, this is the Lucas sequence V(5, 4). - Bruno Berselli, Jan 10 2013
Also, for n > 0, a(n) is an odd number whose Collatz trajectory contains no odd number other than n and 1. - Jayanta Basu, Mar 24 2013
Sum_{n >= 1} 1/a(n) converges to (3*(log(4/3) - QPolyGamma[0, 1, 1/4]))/log(4) = 1.263293058100271... = A321873. - K. G. Stier, Jun 23 2014
Consider n spheres in R^n: the i-th one (i=1, ..., n) has radius r(i) = 2^(1-i) and the coordinates of its center are (0, 0, ..., 0, r(i), 0, ..., 0) where r(i) is in position i. The coordinates of the intersection point in the positive orthant of these spheres are (2/a(n), 4/a(n), 8/a(n), 16/a(n), ...). For example in R^2, circles centered at (1, 0) and (0, 1/2), and with radii 1 and 1/2, meet at (2/5, 4/5). - Jean M. Morales, May 19 2015
From Peter Bala, Oct 11 2015: (Start)
a(n) gives the values of m such that binomial(4*m + 1,m) is odd. Cf. A003714, A048716, A263132.
2*a(n) = A020988(n) gives the values of m such that binomial(4*m + 2, m) is odd.
4*a(n) = A080674(n) gives the values of m such that binomial(4*m + 4, m) is odd. (End)
Collatz Conjecture Corollary: Except for powers of 2, the Collatz iteration of any positive integer must eventually reach a(n) and hence terminate at 1. - Gregory L. Simay, May 09 2016
Number of active (ON, black) cells at stage 2^n - 1 of the two-dimensional cellular automaton defined by "Rule 598", based on the 5-celled von Neumann neighborhood. - Robert Price, May 16 2016
From Luca Mariot and Enrico Formenti, Sep 26 2016: (Start)
a(n) is also the number of coprime pairs of polynomials (f, g) over GF(2) where both f and g have degree n + 1 and nonzero constant term.
a(n) is also the number of pairs of one-dimensional binary cellular automata with linear and bipermutive local rule of neighborhood size n+1 giving rise to orthogonal Latin squares of order 2^m, where m is a multiple of n. (End)
Except for 0, 1 and 5, all terms are Brazilian repunits numbers in base 4, and so belong to A125134. For n >= 3, all these terms are composite because a(n) = {(2^n-1) * (2^n + 1)}/3 and either (2^n - 1) or (2^n + 1) is a multiple of 3. - Bernard Schott, Apr 29 2017
Given the 3 X 3 matrix A = [2, 1, 1; 1, 2, 1; 1, 1, 2] and the 3 X 3 unit matrix I_3, A^n = a(n)(A - I_3) + I_3. - Nicolas Patrois, Jul 05 2017
The binary expansion of a(n) (n >= 1) consists of n 1's alternating with n - 1 0's. Example: a(4) = 85 = 1010101_2. - Emeric Deutsch, Aug 30 2017
a(n) (n >= 1) is the viabin number of the integer partition [n, n - 1, n - 2, ..., 2, 1] (for the definition of viabin number see comment in A290253). Example: a(4) = 85 = 1010101_2; consequently, the southeast border of the Ferrers board of the corresponding integer partition is ENENENEN, where E = (1, 0), N = (0, 1); this leads to the integer partition [4, 3, 2, 1]. - Emeric Deutsch, Aug 30 2017
Numbers whose binary and Gray-code representations are both palindromes (i.e., intersection of A006995 and A281379). - Amiram Eldar, May 17 2021
Starting with n = 1 the sequence satisfies {a(n) mod 6} = repeat{1, 5, 3}. - Wolfdieter Lang, Jan 14 2022
Terms >= 5 are those q for which the multiplicative order of 2 mod q is floor(log_2(q)) + 2 (and which is 1 more than the smallest possible order for any q). - Tim Seuré, Mar 09 2024
The order of 2 modulo a(n) is 2*n for n >= 2. - Joerg Arndt, Mar 09 2024

			Apply Collatz iteration to 9: 9, 28, 14, 7, 22, 11, 34, 17, 52, 26, 13, 40, 20, 10, 5 and hence 16, 8, 4, 2, 1.
Apply Collatz iteration to 27: 27, 82, 41, 124, 62, 31, 94, 47, 142, 71, 214, 107, 322, 161, 484, 242, 121, 364, 182, 91, 274, 137, 412, 206, 103, 310, 155, 466, 233, 700, 350, 175, 526, 263, 790, 395, 1186, 593, 1780, 890, 445, 1336, 668, 334, 167, 502, 251, 754, 377, 1132, 566, 283, 850, 425, 1276, 638, 319, 958, 479, 1438, 719, 2158, 1079, 3238, 1619, 4858, 2429, 7288, 3644, 1822, 911, 2734, 1367, 4102, 2051, 6154, 3077, 9232, 4616, 2308, 1154, 577, 1732, 866, 433, 1300, 650, 325, 976, 488, 244, 122, 61, 184, 92, 46, 23, 70, 35, 106, 53, 160, 80, 40, 20, 10, 5 and hence 16, 8, 4, 2, 1. [Corrected by _Sean A. Irvine_ at the suggestion of Stephen Cornelius, Mar 04 2024]
a(5) = (4^5 - 1)/3 = 341 = 11111_4 = {(2^5 - 1) * (2^5 + 1)}/3 = 31 * 33/3 = 31 * 11. - _Bernard Schott_, Apr 29 2017

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Index entries for linear recurrences with constant coefficients, signature (5,-4).

Partial sums of powers of 4, A000302.
When converted to binary, this gives A094028.
Subsequence of A003714.
Primitive factors: A129735.
Cf. A000225, A002446, A006995, A007583, A018215, A020988, A024036, A047849, A048716, A080355, A080674, A112627, A113860, A139391, A155701, A156605, A160967, A163834, A163868, A178415, A263132, A281379, A347834.

List([0..25], n -> (4^n-1)/3); # Muniru A Asiru, Feb 18 2018

a002450 = (`div` 3) . a024036
a002450_list = iterate ((+ 1) . (* 4)) 0
-- Reinhard Zumkeller, Oct 03 2012

[ (4^n-1)/3: n in [0..25] ]; // Klaus Brockhaus, Oct 28 2008

[n le 2 select n-1 else 5*Self(n-1)-4*Self(n-2): n in [1..70]]; // Vincenzo Librandi, Jun 13 2015

[seq((4^n-1)/3,n=0..40)];
A002450:=1/(4*z-1)/(z-1); # Simon Plouffe in his 1992 dissertation, dropping the initial zero

Table[(4^n - 1)/3, {n, 0, 127}] (* Vladimir Joseph Stephan Orlovsky, Sep 29 2008 *)
LinearRecurrence[{5, -4}, {0, 1}, 30] (* Harvey P. Dale, Jun 23 2013 *)

makelist((4^n-1)/3, n, 0, 30); /* Martin Ettl, Nov 05 2012 */

PARI
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a(n) = (4^n-1)/3;
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my(z='z+O('z^40)); Vec(z/((1-z)*(1-4*z))) \\ Altug Alkan, Oct 11 2015

def A002450(n): return ((1<<(n<<1))-1)//3 # Chai Wah Wu, Jan 29 2023

((List.fill(20)(4: BigInt)).scanLeft(1: BigInt)( * )).scanLeft(0: BigInt)( + ) // Alonso del Arte, Sep 17 2019

From Wolfdieter Lang, Apr 24 2001: (Start)
a(n+1) = Sum_{m = 0..n} A060921(n, m).
G.f.: x/((1-x)*(1-4*x)). (End)
a(n) = Sum_{k = 0..n-1} 4^k; a(n) = A001045(2*n). - Paul Barry, Mar 17 2003
E.g.f.: (exp(4*x) - exp(x))/3. - Paul Barry, Mar 28 2003
a(n) = (A007583(n) - 1)/2. - N. J. A. Sloane, May 16 2003
a(n) = A000975(2*n)/2. - N. J. A. Sloane, Sep 13 2003
a(n) = A084160(n)/2. - N. J. A. Sloane, Sep 13 2003
a(n+1) = 4*a(n) + 1, with a(0) = 0. - Philippe Deléham, Feb 25 2004
a(n) = Sum_{i = 0..n-1} C(2*n - 1 - i, i)*2^i. - Mario Catalani (mario.catalani(AT)unito.it), Jul 23 2004
a(n+1) = Sum_{k = 0..n} binomial(n+1, k+1)*3^k. - Paul Barry, Aug 20 2004
a(n) = center term in M^n * [1 0 0], where M is the 3 X 3 matrix [1 1 1 / 1 3 1 / 1 1 1]. M^n * [1 0 0] = [A007583(n-1) a(n) A007583(n-1)]. E.g., a(4) = 85 since M^4 * [1 0 0] = [43 85 43] = [A007583(3) a(4) A007583(3)]. - Gary W. Adamson, Dec 18 2004
a(n) = Sum_{k = 0..n, j = 0..n} C(n, j)*C(j, k)*A001045(j - k). - Paul Barry, Feb 15 2005
a(n) = Sum_{k = 0..n} C(n, k)*A001045(n-k)*2^k = Sum_{k = 0..n} C(n, k)*A001045(k)*2^(n-k). - Paul Barry, Apr 22 2005
a(n) = A125118(n, 3) for n > 2. - Reinhard Zumkeller, Nov 21 2006
a(n) = Sum_{k = 0..n} 2^(n - k)*A128908(n, k), n >= 1. - Philippe Deléham, Oct 19 2008
a(n) = Sum_{k = 0..n} A106566(n, k)*A100335(k). - Philippe Deléham, Oct 30 2008
If we define f(m, j, x) = Sum_{k = j..m} binomial(m, k)*stirling2(k, j)*x^(m - k) then a(n-1) = f(2*n, 4, -2), n >= 2. - Milan Janjic, Apr 26 2009
a(n) = A014551(n) * A001045(n). - R. J. Mathar, Jul 08 2009
a(n) = 4*a(n-1) + a(n-2) - 4*a(n-3) = 5*a(n-1) - 4*a(n-2), a(0) = 0, a(1) = 1, a(2) = 5. - Wolfdieter Lang, Oct 18 2010
a(0) = 0, a(n+1) = a(n) + 2^(2*n). - Washington Bomfim, Jan 21 2011
A036555(a(n)) = 2*n. - Reinhard Zumkeller, Jan 28 2011
a(n) = Sum_{k = 1..floor((n+2)/3)} C(2*n + 1, n + 2 - 3*k). - Mircea Merca, Jun 25 2011
a(n) = Sum_{i = 1..n} binomial(2*n + 1, 2*i)/3. - Wesley Ivan Hurt, Mar 14 2015
a(n+1) = 2^(2*n) + a(n), a(0) = 0. - Ben Paul Thurston, Dec 27 2015
a(k*n)/a(n) = 1 + 4^n + ... + 4^((k-1)*n). - Gregory L. Simay, Jun 09 2016
Dirichlet g.f.: (PolyLog(s, 4) - zeta(s))/3. - Ilya Gutkovskiy, Jun 26 2016
A000120(a(n)) = n. - André Dalwigk, Mar 26 2018
a(m) divides a(m*n), in particular: a(2*n) == 0 (mod 5), a(3*n) == 0 (mod 3*7), a(5*n) == 0 (mod 11*31), etc. - M. F. Hasler, Oct 19 2018
a(n) = 4^(n-1) + a(n-1). - Bob Selcoe, Jan 01 2020
a(n) = A178415(1, n) = A347834(1, n-1), arrays, for n >= 1.  - Wolfdieter Lang, Nov 29 2021
a(n) = A000225(2*n)/3. - John Keith, Jan 22 2022
a(n) = A080674(n) + 1 = A047849(n) - 1 = A163834(n) - 2 = A155701(n) - 3 = A163868(n) - 4 = A156605(n) - 7. - Ray Chandler, Jun 16 2023
From Peter Bala, Jul 23 2025: (Start)
The following are examples of telescoping products. Cf. A016153:
Product_{k = 1..2*n} 1 + 2^k/a(k+1) = a(n+1)/A007583(n) = (4^(n+1) - 1)/(2*4^n + 1).
Hence, Product_{k >= 1} 1 + 2^k/a(k+1) = 2.
Product_{k >= 1} 1 - 2^k/a(k+1) = 2/5, since 1 - 2^n/a(n+1) = b(n)/b(n-1), where b(n) = 2 - 3/(1 - 2^(n+1)).
Product_{k >= 1} 1 + (-2)^k/a(k+1) = 2/3, since 1 + (-2)^n/a(n+1) = c(n)/c(n-1), where c(n) = 2 - 1/(1 + (-2)^(n+1)).
Product_{k >= 1} 1 - (-2)^k/a(k+1) = 6/5, since 1 - (-2)^n/a(n+1) = d(n)/d(n-1), where d(n) = 2 - 1/(1 - (-2)^(n+1)). (End)

A036991 Numbers k with the property that in the binary expansion of k, reading from right to left, the number of 0's never exceeds the number of 1's.

Original entry on oeis.org

0, 1, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 15, 19, 21, 23, 27, 29, 31, 39, 43, 45, 47, 51, 53, 55, 59, 61, 63, 71, 75, 77, 79, 83, 85, 87, 91, 93, 95, 103, 107, 109, 111, 115, 117, 119, 123, 125, 127, 143, 151, 155, 157, 159, 167, 171, 173, 175, 179, 181, 183, 187, 189, 191, 199, 203

Offset: 1

N. J. A. Sloane

List of binary words that correspond to a valid pairing of parentheses. - Joerg Arndt, Nov 27 2004
This sequence includes as subsequences A000225, A002450, A007583, A036994, A052940, A112627, A113836, A113841, A290114; and also A015521 (without 0), A083713 (without 0), A086224 (without 6), A182512 (without 0). - Gennady Eremin, Nov 27 2021 and Aug 26 2023
Partial differences are powers of 2 (cf. A367626, A367627). - Gennady Eremin, Dec 23 2021
This is the sequence A030101(A014486(n)), n >= 0, sorted into ascending order. See A014486 for more references, illustrations, etc., concerning Dyck paths and other associated structures enumerated by the Catalan numbers. - Antti Karttunen, Sep 25 2023
The terms in this sequence with a given length in base 2 are counted by A001405. For example, the number of terms of bit length k=5 (these are 19, 21, 23, 27, 29, and 31) is equal to A001405(k-1) = A001405(4) = 6. - Gennady Eremin, Nov 07 2023

			From _Joerg Arndt_, Dec 05 2021: (Start)
List of binary words with parentheses for those in the sequence (indicated by P). The binary words are scanned starting from the least significant bit, while the parentheses words are written left to right:
     Binary   Parentheses (if the value is in the sequence)
00:  ..... P  [empty string]
01:  ....1 P   ()
02:  ...1.
03:  ...11 P   (())
04:  ..1..
05:  ..1.1 P   ()()
06:  ..11.
07:  ..111 P   ((()))
08:  .1...
09:  .1..1
10:  .1.1.
11:  .1.11 P   (()())
12:  .11..
13:  .11.1 P   ()(())
14:  .111.
15:  .1111 P   (((())))
16:  1....
17:  1...1
18:  1..1.
19:  1..11 P   (())()
(End)

Alois P. Heinz, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..13496 (all terms < 2^16; first 1000 terms from Reinhard Zumkeller)
Joerg Arndt, Matters Computational (The Fxtbook), section 1.28, pp. 78-80.
Gennady Eremin, Dyck Numbers, IV. Nested patterns in OEIS A036991, arXiv:2306.10318, 2023. See pp. 1-2, 4, 7-11, 13-14.
Gennady Eremin, Partitioning the set of natural numbers into Mersenne trees and into arithmetic progressions; Natural Matrix and Linnik's constant, arXiv:2405.16143 [math.CO], 2024. See pp 2-5, 14.
Gennady Eremin, Infinite matrix of odd natural numbers. A bit about Sophie Germain prime numbers, arXiv:2501.17090 [math.GM], 2025. See pp. 3, 11.
Index entries for sequences related to binary expansion of n

Cf. A350577 (primes subsequence).
See also A014486, A030101, A036988, A036990, A036992. A036994 is a subset (requires the count of zeros to be strictly less than the count of 1's).
See also A030308, A000225, A002450, A007583, A350346, A367625, A367626 & A367627 (first differences).

a036991 n = a036991_list !! (n-1)
a036991_list = filter ((p 1) . a030308_row) [0..] where
   p     []    = True
   p ones (0:bs) = ones > 1 && p (ones - 1) bs
   p ones (1:bs) = p (ones + 1) bs
-- Reinhard Zumkeller, Jul 31 2013

q:= proc(n) local l, t, i; l:= Bits[Split](n); t:=0;
      for i to nops(l) do t:= t-1+2*l[i];
        if t<0 then return false fi
      od: true
    end:
select(q, [$0..300])[];  # Alois P. Heinz, Oct 09 2019

moreOnesRLQ[n_Integer] := Module[{digits, len, flag = True, iter = 1, ones = 0, zeros = 0}, digits = Reverse[IntegerDigits[n, 2]]; len = Length[digits]; While[flag && iter < len, If[digits[[iter]] == 1, ones++, zeros++]; flag = ones >= zeros; iter++]; flag]; Select[Range[0, 203], moreOnesRLQ] (* Alonso del Arte, Sep 21 2011 *)
Join[{0},Select[Range[210],Min[Accumulate[Reverse[IntegerDigits[#,2]]/.{0->-1}]]>-1&]] (* Harvey P. Dale, Apr 18 2014 *)

select( {is_A036991(n,c=1)=!n||!until(!n>>=1,(c-=(-1)^bittest(n,0))||return)}, [0..99]) \\ M. F. Hasler, Nov 26 2021

def ok(n):
    if n == 0: return True # by definition
    count = {"0": 0, "1": 0}
    for bit in bin(n)[:1:-1]:
        count[bit] += 1
        if count["0"] > count["1"]: return False
    return True
print([k for k in range(204) if ok(k)]) # Michael S. Branicky, Nov 25 2021

from itertools import count, islice
def A036991_gen(): # generator of terms
    yield 0
    for n in count(1):
        s = bin(n)[2:]
        c, l = 0, len(s)
        for i in range(l):
            c += int(s[l-i-1])
            if 2*c <= i:
                break
        else:
            yield n
A036991_list = list(islice(A036991_gen(),20)) # Chai Wah Wu, Dec 30 2021

If a(n) = A000225(k) for some k, then a(n+1) = a(n) + A060546(k). - Gennady Eremin, Nov 07 2023

More terms from Erich Friedman
Edited by N. J. A. Sloane, Sep 14 2008 at the suggestion of R. J. Mathar
Offset corrected and example adjusted accordingly by Reinhard Zumkeller, Jul 31 2013

A182512 a(n) = (16^n - 1)/5.

Original entry on oeis.org

0, 3, 51, 819, 13107, 209715, 3355443, 53687091, 858993459, 13743895347, 219902325555, 3518437208883, 56294995342131, 900719925474099, 14411518807585587, 230584300921369395, 3689348814741910323, 59029581035870565171, 944473296573929042739

Offset: 0

Brad Clardy, May 03 2012

Even bisection of A015521 and also A112627. All of the terms are divisible by 3, even terms by 17.

These are binary numbers 11, 110011, 1100110011, ... - Jamie Simpson, Oct 28 2022

Robert Israel, Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..830
E. Estrada and J. A. de la Pena, From Integer Sequences to Block Designs via Counting Walks in Graphs, arXiv preprint arXiv:1302.1176 [math.CO], 2013. - From _N. J. A. Sloane_, Feb 28 2013
E. Estrada and J. A. de la Pena, Integer sequences from walks in graphs, Notes on Number Theory and Discrete Mathematics, Vol. 19, 2013, No. 3, 78-84
Andreas M. Hinz and Paul K. Stockmeyer, Precious Metal Sequences and Sierpinski-Type Graphs, J. Integer Seq., Vol 25 (2022), Article 22.4.8.
Index entries for linear recurrences with constant coefficients, signature (17,-16).

Cf. A015521, A112627.

Magma
```
[(1/5)*2^(4*i) -(1/5): i in [0..30]];
```

seq((16^n-1)/5, n=0..50); # Robert Israel, Jan 22 2016

(16^Range[0,20]-1)/5 (* Harvey P. Dale, Aug 07 2019 *)
LinearRecurrence[{17,-16},{0,3},20] (* Harvey P. Dale, Aug 07 2019 *)

a(n) = (16^n - 1)/5; \\ Michel Marcus, Jan 22 2016

a(n) = 16*a(n-1) + 3 where a(0)=0.
a(n) = A015521(2n).
a(n) = A112627(2n) for n >= 1; a(0)=0.
G.f.: 3*x / ( (16*x-1)*(x-1) ). - R. J. Mathar, Apr 20 2015
a(n) = 3*A131865(n-1). - R. J. Mathar, Apr 20 2015
a(n) = A108020(n)/4. - Jamie Simpson, Oct 28 2022

A113835 a(n) = a(n-1) + 2^(A007494(n-1)).

Original entry on oeis.org

1, 5, 13, 45, 109, 365, 877, 2925, 7021, 23405, 56173, 187245, 449389, 1497965, 3595117, 11983725, 28760941, 95869805, 230087533, 766958445, 1840700269, 6135667565, 14725602157, 49085340525, 117804817261, 392682724205

Offset: 1

Artur Jasinski, Jan 27 2006

nonn

Cf. A099974, A112627, A080355, A080567, A099969, A099970, A099971.

Partial sums of A094015.

Empirical g.f.: x*(4*x+1) / ((x-1)*(8*x^2-1)). - Colin Barker, Sep 01 2013

Edited with better definition and offset corrected by Omar E. Pol, Jan 08 2009

A113829 a(n) = a(n-1) + 2^(k(n)), where k(n) is the n-th term of the sequence of numbers that are congruent to {0,3,4,5,7,8} mod 12.

Original entry on oeis.org

1, 9, 25, 57, 185, 441, 4537, 37305, 102841, 233913, 758201, 1806777, 18583993, 152801721, 421237177, 958108089, 3105591737, 7400559033, 76120035769, 625875849657, 1725387477433, 3924410732985, 12720503755193, 30312689799609

Offset: 1

Artur Jasinski, Jan 27 2006

Index entries for linear recurrences with constant coefficients, signature (1,0,0,0,0,4096,-4096).

Cf. A099974, A112627, A080355, A080567, A099969, A099970, A099971, A154571.

LinearRecurrence[{1,0,0,0,0,4096,-4096},{1,9,25,57,185,441,4537},30] (* Harvey P. Dale, Aug 04 2018 *)

Vec((-4096*x^6+4096*x^5+256*x^4+128*x^3+32*x^2+16*x+9)/(4096*x^7 - 4096*x^6-x+1)+O(x^99)) \\ Charles R Greathouse IV, Apr 05 2012

G.f.: (9+16*x+32*x^2+128*x^3+256*x^4+4096*x^5-4096*x^6)/(1-x-4096*x^6+4096*x^7). - Charles R Greathouse IV, Apr 05 2012

Better definition, corrected offset and edited by Omar E. Pol, Jan 08 2009

A113841 a(n) = a(n-1) + 2^A047240(n) for n>1, a(1)=1.

Original entry on oeis.org

1, 3, 7, 71, 199, 455, 4551, 12743, 29127, 291271, 815559, 1864135, 18641351, 52195783, 119304647, 1193046471, 3340530119, 7635497415, 76354974151, 213793927623, 488671834567, 4886718345671, 13682811367879, 31274997412295

Offset: 1

Artur Jasinski, Jan 27 2006

Vincenzo Librandi, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..300
Vladimir Pletser, Congruence conditions on the number of terms in sums of consecutive squared integers equal to squared integers, arXiv:1409.7969 [math.NT], 2014.
Index entries for linear recurrences with constant coefficients, signature (1, 0, 64, -64).

Cf. A099974, A112627, A080355, A080567, A099969, A099970, A099971.

CoefficientList[Series[(1 + 2 x + 4 x^2) / ((-1 + x) (-1 + 4 x) (1 + 4 x + 16 x^2)), {x, 0, 30}], x] (* Vincenzo Librandi, May 19 2013 *)
LinearRecurrence[{1,0,64,-64},{1,3,7,71},30] (* Harvey P. Dale, Nov 18 2013 *)

G.f.: x*(1+2*x+4*x^2)/((-1+x)*(-1+4*x)*(1+4*x+16*x^2)). - Vaclav Kotesovec, Nov 28 2012

a(1)=1, a(2)=3, a(3)=7, a(4)=71, a(n)=a(n-1)+64*a(n-3)-64*a(n-4). - Harvey P. Dale, Nov 18 2013

Edited with better definition and offset corrected by Omar E. Pol, Jan 08 2009

A113867 a(n) = a(n-1) + 2^(A047258(n)) for n>1, a(1)=1.

Original entry on oeis.org

1, 17, 49, 113, 1137, 3185, 7281, 72817, 203889, 466033, 4660337, 13048945, 29826161, 298261617, 835132529, 1908874353, 19088743537, 53448481905, 122167958641, 1221679586417, 3420702841969, 7818749353073, 78187493530737

Offset: 1

Artur Jasinski, Jan 27 2006

Vincenzo Librandi, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..300

Cf. A099974, A112627, A080355, A080567, A099969, A099970, A099971.

CoefficientList[Series[(1 + 16 x + 32 x^2) / ((-1 + x) (- 1 + 4 x) (1 + 4 x + 16 x^2)), {x, 0, 30}], x] (* Vincenzo Librandi, May 20 2013 *)

G.f.: x*(1+16*x+32*x^2)/((-1+x)*(-1+4*x)*(1+4*x+16*x^2)). - Vaclav Kotesovec, Nov 28 2012

Edited with better definition and offset corrected by Omar E. Pol, Jan 08 2009

A113870 a(n) = a(n-1) + 2^(k(n)), where k(n) is the n-th term of the sequence formed by k(1)=0 together with the numbers A042963.

Original entry on oeis.org

1, 3, 7, 39, 103, 615, 1639, 9831, 26215, 157287, 419431, 2516583, 6710887, 40265319, 107374183, 644245095, 1717986919, 10307921511, 27487790695, 164926744167, 439804651111, 2638827906663, 7036874417767, 42221246506599

Offset: 1

Artur Jasinski, Jan 27 2006

Vincenzo Librandi, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..300
Index entries for linear recurrences with constant coefficients, signature (1, 16, -16).

Cf. A099974, A112627, A080355, A080567, A099969, A099970, A099971.

a(n)=([0,1,0; 0,0,1; -16,16,1]^(n-1)*[1;3;7])[1,1] \\ Charles R Greathouse IV, Jul 08 2024

G.f.: (3+x-40*x^2)/(4*(-1+x)*(-1+4*x)*(1+4*x)). - Vaclav Kotesovec, Nov 28 2012

Edited with better definition and offset corrected by Omar E. Pol, Jan 08 2009

A113876 a(n) = a(n-1) + 2^(k(n)), where k(n) is the n-th term of the sequence formed by k(1)=0 together with the numbers A042964.

Original entry on oeis.org

1, 5, 13, 77, 205, 1229, 3277, 19661, 52429, 314573, 838861, 5033165, 13421773, 80530637, 214748365, 1288490189, 3435973837, 20615843021, 54975581389, 329853488333, 879609302221, 5277655813325, 14073748835533, 84442493013197, 225179981368525, 1351079888211149

Offset: 1

Artur Jasinski, Jan 27 2006

Vincenzo Librandi, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..300
Index entries for linear recurrences with constant coefficients, signature (1,16,-16).

Cf. A042964, A099974, A112627, A080355, A080567, A099969, A099970, A099971.

a(n)=(4+(-4)^n+5*4^n)/20 \\ Charles R Greathouse IV, Jul 08 2024

G.f.: (1+x-8*x^2)/(2*(-1+x)*(-1+4*x)*(1+4*x)). - Vaclav Kotesovec, Nov 28 2012

a(n) = (4 + (-4)^n + 5*4^n)/20. - Gerry Martens, May 26 2024

Edited with better definition and offset corrected by Omar E. Pol, Jan 08 2009

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A113946 Series expansion of Farey rational polynomial based on A112627.

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