A205598 The number n written using a minimizing algorithm in the base where the values of the places are 1 and primes.

0, 1, 10, 11, 101, 110, 111, 1010, 1011, 1101, 1110, 1111, 10110, 10111, 11010, 11011, 11101, 11110, 11111, 101011, 101101, 101110, 101111, 110110, 110111, 111010, 111011, 111101, 111110, 111111, 1011110, 1011111

Offset: 0

Author

Frank M Jackson, Feb 08 2012

Keywords

• nonn

Comments

Any nonnegative number can be written as a sum of distinct primes + e, where e is 0 or 1 (see A007924, which uses a greedy algorithm for writing n). However in this sequence a(n) is generated by using a minimizing algorithm that gives the smallest binary vector for select members from the sequence Q = (1 union primes) that when summed gives n. Without the minimizing condition there is ambiguity -- for example, 8 = 7+1 = 5+3 = 5+2+1 has three representations.

Examples

			8 = 7+1 = 5+3 = 5+2+1, so a(8) = 1011.
		

Links

• Wikipedia, "Complete" sequence. [Wikipedia calls a sequence "complete" (sic) if every positive integer is a sum of distinct terms. This name is extremely misleading and should be avoided. - _N. J. A. Sloane_, May 20 2023]

Crossrefs

Cf. A007924, A185101, A200947.

Programs

Mathematica

aprime[n_] := If[n==0, 1, Prime[n]]; seqtable[l_] := (stable=Table[aprime[j], {j, 0, l}]; stable); inttable[p_] := (itable=Reverse[IntegerDigits[p, 2]]; itable); h=1; otable={0}; ttable={}; While[h<100, (inttable[h]; seqtable[Length[itable]-1]; test=itable.stable; If[!MemberQ[ttable, test], AppendTo[otable, h], Null]; AppendTo[ttable, test]; h++)]; IntegerString[otable, 2]

Formula

Let Q be the ordered sequence of (1 union primes), then a(n) x Q = n, where x is the inner product and the binary vector a(n) is in ascending powers of 2 with infinite trailing zeros.