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The nine sequences A308199, A319967, A319968, A322410, A322409, A322411, A322413, A322412, A322414 are based on defining the tribonacci ternary word to start with index 0 (in contrast to the usual definition, in A080843 and A092782, which starts with index 1). As a result these nine sequences differ from the compound tribonacci sequences defined in A278040, A278041, and A319966-A319972. - N. J. A. Sloane, Apr 05 2019

(a(n+1)) = A319970(n)-1 = A003146(A003144(n))-1, the corresponding classical compound tribonacci sequence. - Michel Dekking, Apr 03 2019

The nine sequences A308199, A319967, A319968, A322410, A322409, A322411, A322413, A322412, A322414 are based on defining the tribonacci ternary word to start with index 0 (in contrast to the usual definition, in A080843 and A092782, which starts with index 1). As a result these nine sequences differ from the compound tribonacci sequences defined in A278040, A278041, and A319966-A319972. - N. J. A. Sloane, Apr 05 2019

The number of 2s and 3s in A316713(n) is given in A316716 and A316717, respectively.

Old name was: Compound tribonacci sequence a(n) = A319198(A278039(n)), for n >= 0.

a(n) gives the sum of the entries of the tribonacci word sequence t = A080843 not exceeding t(B(n)), with B(n) = A278039(n).

From Philippe Deléham, Feb 27 2009: (Start)

A003144, A003145, A003146 may be defined as follows. Consider the morphism psi: a -> ab, b -> ac, c -> a. The image (or trajectory) of a under repeated application of this map is the infinite ternary tribonacci word a, b, a, c, a, b, a, a, b, a, c, a, b, a, b, a, c, ... (setting a = 1, b = 2, c = 3 gives A092782). The indices of a, b, c give respectively A003144, A003145, A003146. (End) [For the word with a -> 0, b -> 1, c -> 2 with offset 0 see A080843. - Wolfdieter Lang, Aug 10 2018]

The infinite word may also be defined as the limit S_oo where S_1 = a, S_n = psi(S_{n-1}). Or, by S_1 = a, S_2 = ab, S_3 = abac, and thereafter S_n = S_{n-1} S_{n-2} S_{n-3}. It is the unique word such that S_oo = psi(S_oo).

Also, indices of a in the sequence closed under a -> abac, b -> aba, c -> ab; starting with a(1) = a. - Philippe Deléham, Apr 16 2004

Theorem: A number m is in this sequence iff the tribonacci representation of m-1 ends with 0. [Duchene and Rigo, Remark 2.5] - N. J. A. Sloane, Nov 18 2016; corrected Mar 02 2019.

This sequence gives the A(n) numbers of the W. Lang link. There the B(n) and C(n) numbers are A278039(n) and A278041(n), respectively. - Wolfdieter Lang, Dec 05 2018

Positions of letter b in the tribonacci word t generated by a->ab, b->ac, c->a, when given offset 0. - Michel Dekking, Apr 03 2019

This sequence gives the positions of the word ab in the tribonacci word t. This follows from the fact that the letter b is always preceded in t by the letter a, and the formula AA = B-1, where A := A003144, B := A003145, C := A003146. - Michel Dekking, Apr 09 2019

This sequence gives the indices k for which A080843(k) = 2, sorted increasingly with offset 0. In the W. Lang link a(n) = C(n). - Wolfdieter Lang, Dec 06 2018

Positions of letter c in the tribonacci word t generated by a->ab, b->ac, c->a, when given offset 0. - Michel Dekking, Apr 03 2019

This sequence gives the positions of the word ac in the tribonacci word t. This follows from the fact that the letter c is always preceded in t by the letter a, and the formula AB = C-1, where A := A003144, B := A003145, C := A003146. - Michel Dekking, Apr 09 2019

By analogy with the Wythoff compound sequences A003622 etc., the nine compounds of A003144, A003145, A003146 might be called the tribonacci compound sequences. They are A278040, A278041, and A319966-A319972.

This sequence gives the positions of the word cabac in the tribonacci word t = abacabaa..., fixed point of the morphism a->ab, b->ac, c->a. This follows from the fact that the positional sequences of cabaa, cabab and cabac give a splitting of the positional sequence of the word caba (the unique word in t with prefix the letter c), and that the three sets CA(N), CB(N) and CC(N), give a splitting of the set C(N), where A := A003144, B := A003145, C := A003146. Here N is the set of positive integers. - Michel Dekking, Apr 09 2019

By analogy with the Wythoff compound sequences A003622 etc., the nine compounds of A003144, A003145, A003146 might be called the tribonacci compound sequences. They are A278040, A278041, and A319966-A319972.

From Wolfdieter Lang, Oct 19 2018: (Start)

In another version with the tribonacci word TriWord = A080843 (written as a sequence which has offset 0) and the positions of 0, 1 and 2 given by the B = A278039, A = A278040 and C = A278041 numbers, respectively, the present sequence (with offset 0) gives the smaller of the B-number pairs (B(k), B(k+1)) with B(k+1) = B(k) + 1 for some k >= 0 (named tribonacci B0-numbers), ordered increasingly.

The B-numbers A278039 come in three disjoint and complementary types, called B0-, B1- and B2-numbers. They are defined by the indices k of pairs of consecutive entries TriWord(k), Triword(k+1) depending on their values 0, 0 or 0, 1 or 0, 2 for the B0- or B1- or B2-numbers, respectively.

The B0-numbers are a(n+1) = 2*C(n) - n = A(A(n)) + 1; the B1-numbers are B1(n) = A(n) - 1; and the B2-numbers are B2(n) = C(n) - 1, all for n >= 0.

B0(n) + 1 = B1(A(n)+1), B1(n) + 1 = A(n) and B2(n) + 1 = C(n).

(End)

(a(n)) equals the positions of the word baa in the tribonacci word t = abacabaa..., fixed point of the morphism a->ab, b->ac, c->a. This follows from the fact that the word aa is always preceded in t by the letter b, and the formula BB = AC-1, where A := A003144, B := A003145, C := A003146. - Michel Dekking, Apr 09 2019

a(n+1) = z_A(n), the number of entries of A278040 (called A number in the W. Lang given there) not exceeding n, for n >= 1 and z_A(-1) := 0. - Wolfdieter Lang, Dec 06 2018

Conjecture: A140102(n) - n = a(n-1). - N. J. A. Sloane, Oct 26 2016 (added Mar 21 2019). This is true - see the Dekking et al. paper. - N. J. A. Sloane, Jul 22 2019