A230385 Table read by rows: Least set of n evil numbers (A001969) such that any two or more add up to an odious number (A000069); ordered by total sum of the elements, then by the size of the largest element(s).

0, 3, 5, 9, 10, 12, 5, 9, 17, 33, 33, 34, 36, 40, 48, 257, 264, 278, 288, 326, 384

Offset: 1

Author

Vladimir Shevelev and M. F. Hasler, Oct 17 2013

Keywords

• nonn
• tabl
• base
• hard
• more

Comments

Row sums are given in A230386. See A230384 for a "dual" version.

Is this sequence finite, or is there for any n at least one admissible set of n evil numbers, i.e., such that any sum of two or more elements add up to an odious number?

Examples

			The table reads
n=1: {0} with sum = 0,
n=2: {3,5} with sum = 8,
n=3: {9, 10, 12} with sum = 31 (the set {5, 9, 17} having the same sum but a larger maximum),
n=4: {5, 9, 17, 33} with sum = 64,
n=5: {33, 34, 36, 40, 48 } with sum = 191.
n=6: {257, 264, 278, 288, 326, 384} with sum = 1797.
For example, for n=4, all 11 numbers 5+9=14,5+17=22,5+33=38,9+17=26, 9+33=42, 17+33=50, 5+9+17=31, 5+9+33=47, 5+17+33=55, 9+17+33=59, 5+9+17+33=64 are odious.
		

Links

• M. F. Hasler, in reply to V. Shevelev, Peculiar sets of evil numbers (Cf. A001969), SeqFan list, Oct 17 2013

Extensions

a(16)-a(21) by M. F. Hasler, Oct 18 2013