A118374 Lexicographically earliest positive integer sequence no two terms of which sum to a term of {1,7,23,63,159,...} = {n*2^n-1}, n=1,2,3,... The first differences are given in A119350.

1, 2, 3, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 17, 18, 19, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 41, 42, 43, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 57, 58, 59, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 97, 98, 99, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 113, 114, 115, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125

Offset: 1

Author

John W. Layman, May 15 2006

Keywords

• nonn

Comments

a(1)=1 and, for n>1, a(n) is the smallest integer greater than a(n-1) such that a(n)+a(i) is not of the form k*2^k-1 for i=1,..., n-1 and for any integer k>0.

Crossrefs

Cf. A114889, A119350.

Formula

It appears that a(n)=a(n-1)+A119350(n).