A255066 The trunk of number-of-runs beanstalk (A255056) with reversed subsections.

0, 2, 6, 4, 14, 12, 10, 30, 28, 26, 22, 18, 62, 60, 58, 54, 50, 46, 42, 36, 32, 126, 124, 122, 118, 114, 110, 106, 100, 96, 94, 90, 84, 78, 74, 68, 64, 254, 252, 250, 246, 242, 238, 234, 228, 224, 222, 218, 212, 206, 202, 196, 192, 190, 186, 180, 174, 168, 162, 156, 152, 148, 142, 138, 132, 128, 510

Offset: 0

Author

Antti Karttunen, Feb 14 2015

Keywords

• nonn
• base
• tabf

Comments

This can be viewed as an irregular table: after the initial zero on row 0, start each row n with term x = (2^(n+1))-2 and subtract repeatedly the number of runs in binary representation of x to get successive x's, until the number that has already been listed (which is always (2^n)-2) is encountered, which is not listed second time, but instead, the current row is finished [and thus containing only terms of equal binary length, A000523(n) on row n]. The next row then starts with (2^(n+2))-2, with the same process repeated.

Examples

			Rows 0 - 5 of the array:
0;
2;
6, 4;
14, 12, 10;
30, 28, 26, 22, 18;
62, 60, 58, 54, 50, 46, 42, 36, 32;
After row 0, the length of row n is given by A255071(n).
		

Links

• Antti Karttunen, Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..16142; Rows 0..16, flattened

Crossrefs

Cf. A255067 (same seq, terms divided by 2).

Cf. A255071 (gives row lengths).

Cf. A000523, A004755, A005811, A236840, A255056, A255122.

Analogous sequences: A218616, A230416.

Formula

a(0) = 0, a(1) = 2, a(2) = 6; and for n > 2, a(n) = A004755(A004755(A236840(a(n-1)))) if A236840(a(n-1))+2 is power of 2, otherwise just A236840(a(n-1)) [where A004755(x) adds one 1-bit to the left of the most significant bit of x].

In other words, for n > 2, let k = A236840(a(n-1)). Then, if k+2 is not a power of 2, a(n) = k, otherwise a(n) = k + (6 * (2^A000523(k))).

Other identities. For all n >= 0:

a(n) = A255056(A255122(n)).