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The representation of the compositions (for fixed n) is as lists of parts, the order between individual compositions (for the same n) is (list-)reversed lexicographic; see the example by Omar E. Pol. - Joerg Arndt, Sep 03 2013

This is the standard ordering for compositions in this database; it is similar to the Mathematica ordering for partitions (A080577). Other composition orderings include A124734 (similar to the Abramowitz & Stegun ordering for partitions, A036036), A108244 (similar to the Maple partition ordering, A080576), etc (see crossrefs).

Factorize each term in A057335; sequence records the values of the resulting exponents. It also runs through all possible permutations of multiset digits.

This can be regarded as a table in two ways: with each composition as a row, or with the compositions of each integer as a row. The first way has A000120 as row lengths and A070939 as row sums; the second has A001792 as row lengths and A001788 as row sums. - Franklin T. Adams-Watters, Nov 06 2006

This sequence includes every finite sequence of positive integers. - Franklin T. Adams-Watters, Nov 06 2006

Compositions (or ordered partitions) are also generated in sequence A101211. - Alford Arnold, Dec 12 2006

The equivalent sequence for partitions is A228531. - Omar E. Pol, Sep 03 2013

The sole partition of zero has no components, not a single component of length one. Hence the first nonempty row is row 1. - Franklin T. Adams-Watters, Apr 02 2014 [Edited by Andrey Zabolotskiy, May 19 2018]

See sequence A261300 for another version where the terms of each composition are concatenated to form one single integer: (0, 1, 2, 11, 3, 21, 12, 111,...). This also shows how the terms can be obtained from the binary numbers A007088, cf. Arnold's first Example. - M. F. Hasler, Aug 29 2015

The k-th composition in the list is obtained by taking the set of positions of 1's in the reversed binary expansion of k, prepending 0, taking first differences, and reversing again. This is described as the standard ordering used in the OEIS, although the sister sequence A228351 is also sometimes considered to be canonical. Both sequences define a bijective correspondence between nonnegative integers and integer compositions. - Gus Wiseman, May 19 2020

First differences of A030303 = positions of bits 1 in the concatenation A030190 (= A030302) of numbers written in binary (A007088). - Indices of record values (= first occurrence of n) are given by A005183: a(A005183(n)) = n, cf. FORMULA for more. - M. F. Hasler, Oct 12 2020

The geometric mean approaches the Somos constant (A112302). - Jwalin Bhatt, Feb 10 2025

For n>0: first occurrence of n in row 2^(n-1), and when the table is seen as a flattened list at position n*2^(n-1)+1, cf. A005183. - Reinhard Zumkeller, Nov 16 2013

Row n lists the positions of 1's in the reversed binary expansion of n. Compare to triangles A112798 and A213925. - Gus Wiseman, Jul 22 2019

A permutation of the squarefree numbers A005117. The missing positive numbers are in A013929. - Alois P. Heinz, Sep 06 2014

From Antti Karttunen, Apr 18 & 19 2017: (Start)

Because a(n) toggles the parity of n there are neither fixed points nor any cycles of odd length.

Conjecture: there are no finite cycles of any length. My grounds for this conjecture: any finite cycle in this sequence, if such cycles exist at all, must have at least one member that occurs somewhere in A285319, the terms that seem already to be quite rare. Moreover, any such a number n should satisfy in addition to A019565(n) < n also that A048675^{k}(n) is squarefree, not just for k=0, 1 but for all k >= 0. As there is on average a probability of only 6/(Pi^2) = 0.6079... that any further term encountered on the trajectory of A048675 is squarefree, the total chance that all of them would be squarefree (which is required from the elements of A019565-cycles) is soon minuscule, especially as A048675 is not very tightly bounded (many trajectories seem to skyrocket, at least initially). I am also assuming that usually there is no significant correlation between the binary expansions of n and A048675(n) (apart from their least significant bits), or, for that matter, between their prime factorizations.

See also the slightly stronger conjecture in A285320, which implies that there would neither be any two-way infinite cycles.

If either of the conjectures is false (there are cycles), then certainly neither sequence A285332 nor its inverse A285331 can be a permutation of natural numbers. (End)

The conjecture made in A087207 (see also A288569) implies the two conjectures mentioned above. A further constraint for cycles is that in any A019565-trajectory which starts from a squarefree number (A005117), every other term is of the form 4k+2, while every other term is of the form 6k+3. - Antti Karttunen, Jun 18 2017

The sequence satisfies the exponential function identity, a(x + y) = a(x) * a(y), whenever x and y do not have a 1-bit in the same position, i.e., when A004198(x,y) = 0. See also A283475. - Antti Karttunen, Oct 31 2019

The above identity becomes unconditional if binary exclusive OR, A003987(.,.), is substituted for addition, and A059897(.,.), a multiplicative equivalent of A003987, is substituted for multiplication. This gives us a(A003987(x,y)) = A059897(a(x), a(y)). - Peter Munn, Nov 18 2019

Also the Heinz number of the binary indices of n, where the Heinz number of a sequence (y_1,...,y_k) is prime(y_1)*...*prime(y_k), and a number's binary indices (A048793) are the positions of 1's in its reversed binary expansion. - Gus Wiseman, Dec 28 2022

Write n in base 2, n = sum b(i)*2^(i-1), then a(n) = sum b(i)*i. - Benoit Cloitre, Jun 09 2002

May be regarded as a triangular array read by rows, giving weighted sum of compositions in standard order. The standard order of compositions is given by A066099. - Franklin T. Adams-Watters, Nov 06 2006

Sum of all positive integer roots m_i of polynomial {m,k} - see link [Shevelev]; see also A264613. - Vladimir Shevelev, Dec 13 2015

Also the sum of binary indices of n, where a binary index of n (A048793) is any position of a 1 in its reversed binary expansion. For example, the binary indices of 11 are {1,2,4}, so a(11) = 7. - Gus Wiseman, May 22 2024

The original motivation for this sequence was to encode the prime factorization of n in the binary representation of a(n), each such representation being unique as long as this map is restricted to A005117 (squarefree numbers, resulting a permutation of nonnegative integers A048672) or any of its subsequence, resulting an injective function like A048623 and A048639.

However, also the restriction to A260443 (not all terms of which are squarefree) results a permutation of nonnegative integers, namely A001477, the identity permutation.

When a polynomial with nonnegative integer coefficients is encoded with the prime factorization of n (e.g., as in A206296, A260443), then a(n) gives the evaluation of that polynomial at x=2.

The primitive completely additive integer sequence that satisfies a(n) = a(A225546(n)), n >= 1. By primitive, we mean that if b is another such sequence, then there is an integer k such that b(n) = k * a(n) for all n >= 1. - Peter Munn, Feb 03 2020

If the binary rank of an integer partition y is given by Sum_i 2^(y_i-1), and the Heinz number is Product_i prime(y_i), then a(n) is the binary rank of the integer partition with Heinz number n. Note the function taking a set s to Sum_i 2^(s_i-1) is the inverse of A048793 (binary indices), and the function taking a multiset m to Product_i prime(m_i) is the inverse of A112798 (prime indices). - Gus Wiseman, May 22 2024

First differences of A000123; also A000123 with terms repeated. See the relevant proof that follows the first formula below.

Among these partitions there is exactly one partition with all distinct terms, as every number can be expressed as the sum of the distinct powers of 2.

Euler transform of A036987 with offset 1.

a(n) is the number of "non-squashing" partitions of n, that is, partitions n = p_1 + p_2 + ... + p_k with 1 <= p_1 <= p_2 <= ... <= p_k and p_1 + p_2 + ... + p_i <= p_{i+1} for all 1 <= i < k. - N. J. A. Sloane, Nov 30 2003

Normally the OEIS does not include sequences like this where every term is repeated, but an exception was made for this one because of its importance. The unrepeated sequence A000123 is the main entry.

Number of different partial sums from 1 + [1, *2] + [1, *2] + ..., where [1, *2] means we can either add 1 or multiply by 2. E.g., a(6) = 6 because we have 6 = 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 = (1+1) * 2 + 1 + 1 = 1 * 2 * 2 + 1 + 1 = (1+1+1) * 2 = 1 * 2 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 = (1*2+1) * 2 where the connection is defined via expanding each bracket; e.g., this is 6 = 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 = 2 + 2 + 1 + 1 = 4 + 1 + 1 = 2 + 2 + 2 = 2 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 = 4 + 2. - Jon Perry, Jan 01 2004

Number of partitions p of n such that the number of compositions generated by p is odd. For proof see the Alekseyev and Adams-Watters link. - Vladeta Jovovic, Aug 06 2007

Differs from A008645 first at a(64). - R. J. Mathar, May 28 2008

Appears to be row sums of A155077. - Mats Granvik, Jan 19 2009

Number of partitions (p_1, p_2, ..., p_k) of n, with p_1 >= p_2 >= ... >= p_k, such that for each i, p_i >= p_{i+1} + ... + p_k. - John MCKAY (mckay(AT)encs.concordia.ca), Mar 06 2009 (these are the "non-squashing" partitions as nonincreasing lists).

Equals rightmost diagonal of triangle of A168261. Starting with offset 1 = eigensequence of triangle A115361 and row sums of triangle A168261. - Gary W. Adamson, Nov 21 2009

Equals convolution square root of A171238: (1, 2, 5, 8, 16, 24, 40, 56, 88, ...). - Gary W. Adamson, Dec 05 2009

Let B = the n-th convolution power of the sequence and C = the aerated variant of B. It appears that B/C = the binomial sequence beginning (1, n, ...). Example: Third convolution power of the sequence is (1, 3, 9, 19, 42, 78, 146, ...), with C = (1, 0, 3, 0, 9, 0, 19, ...). Then B/C = (1, 3, 6, 10, 15, 21, ...). - Gary W. Adamson, Aug 15 2016

From Gary W. Adamson, Sep 08 2016: (Start)

The limit of the matrix power M^k as n-->inf results in a single column vector equal to the sequence, where M is the following production matrix:

1, 0, 0, 0, 0, ...

1, 0, 0, 0, 0, ...

1, 1, 0, 0, 0, ...

1, 1, 0, 0, 0, ...

1, 1, 1, 0, 0, ...

1, 1, 1, 0, 0, ...

1, 1, 1, 1, 0, ...

1, 1, 1, 1, 0, ...

1, 1, 1, 1, 1, ...

... (End)

a(n) is the number of "non-borrowing" partitions of n, meaning binary subtraction of a smaller part from a larger part will never require place-value borrowing. - David V. Feldman, Jan 29 2020

From Gus Wiseman, May 25 2024: (Start)

Also the number of multisets of positive integers whose binary rank is n, where the binary rank of a multiset m is given by Sum_i 2^(m_i-1). For example, the a(1) = 1 through a(8) = 10 multisets are:

{1} {2} {12} {3} {13} {23} {123} {4}

{11} {111} {22} {122} {113} {1113} {33}

{112} {1112} {222} {1222} {223}

{1111} {11111} {1122} {11122} {1123}

{11112} {111112} {2222}

{111111} {1111111} {11113}

{11222}

{111122}

{1111112}

{11111111}

(End)

The representation of the compositions (for fixed n) is as lists of parts, the order between individual compositions (for the same n) is (list-)reversed co-lexicographic. - Joerg Arndt, Sep 02 2013

Dropping the "(list-)reversed" in the comment above gives A228525.

The equivalent sequence for partitions is A026792.

This sequence lists (without repetitions) all finite compositions, in such a way that, if [P_1, ..., P_r] denotes the composition occupying the n-th position in the list, then (((2*n/2^(P_1)-1)/2^(P_2)-1)/...)/2^(P_r)-1 = 0. - Lorenzo Sauras Altuzarra, Jan 22 2020

The k-th composition in the list is obtained by taking the set of positions of 1's in the reversed binary expansion of k, prepending 0, and taking first differences. Reversing again gives A066099, which is described as the standard ordering. Both sequences define a bijective correspondence between nonnegative integers and integer compositions. - Gus Wiseman, Apr 01 2020

It follows from the previous comment that A000120(k) is the length of the k-th composition that is listed by this sequence (recall that A000120(k) is the number of 1's in the binary expansion of k). - Lorenzo Sauras Altuzarra, Sep 29 2020

Also BII-numbers of set-systems (sets of nonempty sets) contradicting a strict version of the axiom of choice.

A binary index of n (row n of A048793) is any position of a 1 in its reversed binary expansion. A set-system is a finite set of finite nonempty sets. We define the set-system with BII-number n to be obtained by taking the binary indices of each binary index of n. Every finite set of finite nonempty sets has a different BII-number. For example, 18 has reversed binary digits (0,1,0,0,1), and since the binary indices of 2 and 5 are {2} and {1,3} respectively, the BII-number of {{2},{1,3}} is 18.

The axiom of choice says that, given any set of nonempty sets Y, it is possible to choose a set containing an element from each. The strict version requires this set to have the same cardinality as Y, meaning no element is chosen more than once.

A composition of n is a finite sequence of positive integers summing to n. The k-th composition in standard order (row k of A066099) is obtained by taking the set of positions of 1's in the reversed binary expansion of k, prepending 0, taking first differences, and reversing again. This gives a bijective correspondence between nonnegative integers and integer compositions.

Also BII-numbers of set-systems (sets of nonempty sets) satisfying a strict version of the axiom of choice.

A binary index of k (row k of A048793) is any position of a 1 in its reversed binary expansion. A set-system is a finite set of finite nonempty sets. We define the set-system with BII-number k to be obtained by taking the binary indices of each binary index of k. Every finite set of finite nonempty sets has a different BII-number. For example, 18 has reversed binary digits (0,1,0,0,1), and since the binary indices of 2 and 5 are {2} and {1,3} respectively, the BII-number of {{2},{1,3}} is 18.

The axiom of choice says that, given any set of nonempty sets Y, it is possible to choose a set containing an element from each. The strict version requires this set to have the same cardinality as Y, meaning no element is chosen more than once.