A240816 Triangle read by rows: T(n,k) (n >= 1, 1 <= k <= n) = index of first nonexisting term of the meta-Fibonacci sequence {f(1) = ... = f(n) = 1; f(i)=f(i-f(i-k))+f(i-f(i-n))} if that sequence is only defined for finitely many terms, or 0 if that sequence is infinite.
7, 0, 15, 165, 55, 14, 0, 0, 11, 12, 61, 38, 12, 13, 14, 2355, 31, 14, 14, 15, 16, 283, 64, 45, 15, 16, 18, 19, 1337, 369, 32, 16, 18, 19, 20
Offset: 1
Examples
Triangle begins: 7; 0, 15; 165, 55, 14; 0, 0, 11, 12; 61, 38, 12, 13, 14; 2355, 31, 14, 14, 15, 16; 283, 64, 45, 15, 16, 18, 19; 1337, 369, 32, 16, 18, 19, 20, ?; ...
Links
- B. Balamohan, A. Kuznetsov and S. Tanny, On the behavior of a variant of Hofstadter's Q-sequence, J. Integer Sequences, Vol. 10 (2007), #07.7.1.
- D. R. Hofstadter, Curious patterns and non-patterns in a family of meta-Fibonacci recursions, Lecture in Doron Zeilberger's Experimental Mathematics Seminar, Rutgers University, April 10 2014; Part 1, Part 2.
- Index entries for Hofstadter-type sequences
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