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%I A295621 #7 Jun 08 2022 11:54:24 %S A295621 1,2,3,4,13,22,55,96,201,346,659,1117,2015,3372,5882,9752,16643,27411, %T A295621 46093,75559,125754,205448,339432,553177,909097,1478897,2421000, %U A295621 3933174,6420218,10419979,16972319,27525507,44762106,72554068,117844772,190931789,309833797 %N A295621 Solution of the complementary equation a(n) = a(n-1) + 3*a(n-2) -2*a(n-3) - 2*a(n-4) + b(n-3), where a(0) = 1, a(1) = 2, a(2) = 3, a(3) = 4, b(0) = 5, b(1) = 6, b(2) = 7, b(3) = 8, and (a(n)) and (b(n)) are increasing complementary sequences. %C A295621 The increasing complementary sequences a() and b() are uniquely determined by the titular equation and initial values. %H A295621 Clark Kimberling, <a href="https://cs.uwaterloo.ca/journals/JIS/VOL10/Kimberling/kimberling26.html">Complementary equations</a>, J. Int. Seq. 19 (2007), 1-13. %e A295621 a(0) = 1, a(1) = 2, a(2) = 3, a(3) = 4, b(0) = 5, b(1) = 6, b(2) = 7, b(3) = 8, so that %e A295621 b(4) = 9 (least "new number") %e A295621 a(4) = a(3) + 3*a(2) -2*a(1) - 2*a(0) + b(1) = 13 %e A295621 Complement: (b(n)) = (5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, ...) %t A295621 mex := First[Complement[Range[1, Max[#1] + 1], #1]] &; %t A295621 a[0] = 1; a[1] = 2; a[2] = 3; a[3] = 4; %t A295621 b[0] = 5; b[1] = 6; b[2] = 7; b[3] = 8; %t A295621 a[n_] := a[n] = a[n - 1] + 3*a[n - 2] - 2*a[n - 3] - 2 a[n - 4] + b[n - 3]; %t A295621 b[n_] := b[n] = mex[Flatten[Table[Join[{a[n]}, {a[i], b[i]}], {i, 0, n - 1}]]]; %t A295621 z = 36; Table[a[n], {n, 0, z}] (* A295621 *) %t A295621 Table[b[n], {n, 0, 20}] (*complement *) %Y A295621 Cf. A001622, A000045, A295619, A295620. %K A295621 nonn,easy %O A295621 0,2 %A A295621 _Clark Kimberling_, Nov 25 2017 %E A295621 Typo in the definition corrected by _Georg Fischer_, Jun 08 2022