A228086 a(n) is the least k which satisfies n = k + bitcount(k), or 0 if no such k exists. Here bitcount(k) (or wt(k), A000120) gives the number of 1's in binary representation of nonnegative integer k.

0, 0, 1, 2, 0, 3, 0, 5, 6, 8, 7, 9, 10, 0, 11, 0, 13, 14, 0, 15, 18, 0, 19, 0, 21, 22, 24, 23, 25, 26, 0, 27, 0, 29, 30, 33, 31, 0, 35, 0, 37, 38, 40, 39, 41, 42, 0, 43, 0, 45, 46, 0, 47, 50, 0, 51, 0, 53, 54, 56, 55, 57, 58, 0, 59, 64, 61, 62, 66, 63, 67, 0

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Author

Antti Karttunen, Aug 09 2013

Keywords

• nonn

Comments

A083058(n)+1 gives a lower bound for nonzero terms, n-1 an upper bound.

Links

• Antti Karttunen, Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..8192
• Index entries for Colombian or self numbers and related sequences

Crossrefs

Cf. A228087, A228085, A335599. A010061 gives the positions of zeros after a(0). The union of A010061 and A228088 gives the positions where a(n) = A228087(n).

Cf. also A213723, A227643.

Programs

Mathematica

a[n_] := Module[{k}, For[k = n - Floor[Log[2, n]] - 1, k < n, k++, If[n == k + DigitCount[k, 2, 1], Return[k]]]; 0];
a /@ Range[0, 1000]; (* Jean-François Alcover, Nov 28 2020 *)

Scheme

(define (A228086 n) (if (zero? n) n (let loop ((k (+ (A083058 n) 1))) (cond ((> k n) 0) ((= n (A092391 k)) k) (else (loop (+ 1 k)))))))