A187188 Parse the infinite string 0123456789012345678901234567890... into distinct phrases 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 01, 23, 45, 67, 89, 012, 34, 56, 78, 90, 12, 345, ...; a(n) = length of n-th phrase.
1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 3, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 5, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 5, 6, 5, 5, 6, 5, 5, 6, 5, 5, 6, 5, 5, 6, 7, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 9, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 10, 11, 10, 11, 10, 11, 10, 11, 10, 11, 10, 11, 10, 11, 10, 11, 10, 11, 10, 11, 12, 12, 12, 12, 12, 13, 12, 12, 12, 12
Offset: 1
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Examples
The sequence begins 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 5 4 4 4 4 4 5 6 5 5 6 5 5 6 5 5 6 5 5 6 7 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 8 8 8 8 8 9 8 8 8 8 8 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 10 11 10 11 10 11 10 11 10 11 10 11 10 11 10 11 10 11 10 11 12 12 12 12 12 13 12 12 12 12 12 13 ...
Links
- N. J. A. Sloane, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..1000
- Index entries for linear recurrences with constant coefficients, signature (1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, -1).
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Formula
After the initial block of 10 1's, the sequence is quasi-periodic with period 100, increasing by 10 after each block. In more detail:
a(n) = 1 for 1 <= n <= 10.
For n >= 10, write n = 11 + 100i + j with i >= 0, 0 <= j <= 99.
Then for 0 <= j <= 79, a(n) = 10i + f(j),
where f(0) ... f(79) is the following 80-term sequence:
[2 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 3
3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
4 4 4 4 4 5 4 4 4 4 4 5
6 5 5 6 5 5 6 5 5 6 5 5
6 7
6 6 6 6 6
7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
8 8 8 8 8 9 8 8 8 8 8 9
9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9]
(this has been broken into blocks to make it easier to see),
and for 80 <= j <= 99, a(n) = 10i+10 if j is even, a(n) = 10i+11 if j is odd.
Examples:
n=120 = 11 + 100*1 + 9, i=1, j=9, a(120)=10+f(9) = 10+2 = 12
n=292 = 11 + 100*2 + 81, i=2, j=81. a(292)=20+11=31
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