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%I A246086 #11 Nov 19 2016 03:05:56 %S A246086 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,20,22,24,27,30,33,36,39, %T A246086 42,45,48,52,56,60,66,72,81,90,99,108,117,126,135,144,156,168,180,198, %U A246086 216,243,270,297,324,351,378,405,432,468,504,540,594,648,729,810,891,972,1053,1134,1215,1296,1404,1512,1620,1782,1944,2187,2430,2673,2916,3159,3402,3645,3888,4212 %N A246086 Paradigm shift sequence for (1,4) production scheme with replacement. %C A246086 This sequence is the solution to the following problem: "Suppose you have the choice of using one of three production options: apply a simple incremental action, bundle existing output as an integrated product (which requires p=1 steps), or implement the current bundled action (which requires q=4 steps). The first use of a novel bundle erases (or makes obsolete) all prior actions. How large an output can be generated in n time steps?" %C A246086 1. A production scheme with replacement R(p,q) eliminates existing output following a bundling action, while an additive scheme A(p,q) retains the output. The schemes correspond according to A(p,q)=R(p-q,q), with the replacement scheme serving as the default presentation. %C A246086 2. This problem is structurally similar to the Copy and Paste Keyboard problem: Existing sequences (A178715 and A193286) should be regarded as Paradigm-Shift Sequences with production schemes R(1,1) and R(2,1) with replacement, respectively. %C A246086 3. The ideal number of implementations per bundle, as measured by the geometric growth rate (p+zq root of z), is z = 3. %C A246086 4. All solutions will be of the form a(n) = (qm+r) * m^b * (m+1)^d. %H A246086 Colin Barker, <a href="/A246086/b246086.txt">Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..1000</a> %H A246086 <a href="/index/Rec#order_13">Index entries for linear recurrences with constant coefficients</a>, signature (0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,3). %F A246086 a(n) = (qd+r) * d^(C-R) * (d+1)^R, where r = (n-Cp) mod q, Q = floor( (R-Cp)/q ), R = Q mod (C+1), and d = floor ( Q/(C+1) ). %F A246086 a(n) = 3*a(n-13) for all n >= 32. %F A246086 G.f.: x*(1 +2*x +3*x^2 +4*x^3 +5*x^4 +6*x^5 +7*x^6 +8*x^7 +9*x^8 +10*x^9 +11*x^10 +12*x^11 +13*x^12 +11*x^13 +9*x^14 +7*x^15 +5*x^16 +3*x^17 +2*x^18 +x^19 +x^29 +2*x^30) / (1-3*x^13). - _Colin Barker_, Nov 19 2016 %o A246086 (PARI) Vec(x*(1 +2*x +3*x^2 +4*x^3 +5*x^4 +6*x^5 +7*x^6 +8*x^7 +9*x^8 +10*x^9 +11*x^10 +12*x^11 +13*x^12 +11*x^13 +9*x^14 +7*x^15 +5*x^16 +3*x^17 +2*x^18 +x^19 +x^29 +2*x^30) / (1-3*x^13) + O(x^100)) \\ _Colin Barker_, Nov 19 2016 %Y A246086 Paradigm shift sequences with q=4: A029750, A103969, A246074, A246078, A246082, A246086, A246090, A246094, A246098, A246102. %Y A246086 Paradigm shift sequences with p=1: A178715, A246084, A246085, A246086, A246087. %K A246086 nonn,easy %O A246086 1,2 %A A246086 _Jonathan T. Rowell_, Aug 13 2014