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%I A293811 #8 Oct 20 2017 14:32:17 %S A293811 1,2,1,1,1,2,1,1,2,1,1,2,1,1,1,2,1,1,2,1,2,1,1,1,2,1,1,2,1,2,1,1,1,2, %T A293811 1,1,2,1,1,2,1,1,1,2,1,1,2,1,2,1,1,1,2,1,1,1,2,1,1,1,2,1,1,2,1,1,2,1, %U A293811 1,1,2,1,1,2,1,2,1,1,1,2,1,1,1,2,1,1,1,2,1,1,2,1,1,2,1,1,1,2,1,1 %N A293811 "Look twice to the left" sequence starting with 1,2 (see comment). %C A293811 Stage 0: we start from 1,2. %C A293811 Stage 1: we add 2 copies of the block to the left of the last term (here the block 1) giving 1,2,1,1. %C A293811 Stage 2: we add 2 copies of the block to the left of the last term (here the block 1,2,1) giving 1,2,1,1,1,2,1,1,2,1. %C A293811 Stage 3: we add 2 copies of the block to the left of the last term (here the block 1,2,1,1,1,2,1,1,2) giving 1,2,1,1,1,2,1,1,2,1,1,2,1,1,1,2,1,1,2,1,2,1,1,1,2,1,1,2. %C A293811 Iterate the process. %t A293811 Nest[Join[#, Flatten@ ConstantArray[Take[#, Length@ # - 1], 2]] &, {1, 2}, 5] (* _Michael De Vlieger_, Oct 16 2017 *) %o A293811 (PARI) v=[1,2];for(n=1,10,l=length(v);w=vector(l-1,i,v[i]);v=concat(v,concat(w,w)));a(n)=v[n]; %Y A293811 Cf. A293630. %K A293811 nonn %O A293811 1,2 %A A293811 _Benoit Cloitre_, Oct 16 2017