A294448 Discrepancy of the Kolakoski sequence A000002.

-1, 0, 1, 0, -1, 0, -1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 2, 1, 0, 1, 0, -1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, -1, 0, -1, 0, 1, 0, -1, 0, -1, -2, -1, -2, -1, 0, -1, 0, 1, 0, -1, 0, -1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, -1, 0, -1, -2, -1, 0, -1, 0, 1, 0, -1, 0, -1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 2, 1, 0, 1, 0, -1, 0, -1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, -1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 2, 1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 2

Offset: 1

Author

N. J. A. Sloane, Nov 21 2017

Keywords

• sign
• look

Comments

The discrepancy is defined by a(n) = Sum_{i=1..n} (-1)^k(i), where k(i) = A000002(i). The negative of this sequence is already in the OEIS (A088568), but does not seem to be found if one looks up -1, 0, 1, 0, -1, 0, -1, 0, 1, 0, 1, ..., so this version has been added for completeness.

See A088568 for more information and references.

Links

• Rémy Sigrist, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..10000
• Richard P. Brent, Fast algorithms for the Kolakoski sequence, Slides from a talk, 2016.

Crossrefs

Cf. A000002, A088568.

For records see A294449.