A317742 Let b(1) = b(2) = 1; for n >= 3, b(n) = b(t(n)) + b(n-t(n)) where t = A287422. a(n) = 2*b(n) - n.

1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 2, 1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 2, 3, 2, 1, 2, 1, 2, 3, 2, 1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 3, 2, 1, 2, 3, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 3, 2, 1, 2, 3, 4, 3, 2, 1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 4, 5, 6, 5, 4, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10

Offset: 1

Author

Altug Alkan, Aug 05 2018

Keywords

• nonn
• look

Comments

This sequence has fractal-like structure as A004074, although there are substantial differences of this sequence based on slow A287422 and b(n) sequences. See plots of this sequence and A004074 in Links section.

Links

• Altug Alkan, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..16384
• Altug Alkan, Line plots of a(n) and A004074(n) for n <= 2^15

Crossrefs

Cf. A004074, A287422, A317648, A317686.

Programs

Maple

t:= proc(n) option remember; `if`(n<3, 1,
      n -t(t(n-1)) -t(n-t(n-1)))
    end:
b:= proc(n) option remember; `if`(n<3, 1,
      b(t(n)) +b(n-t(n)))
    end:
seq(2*b(n)-n, n=1..100); # after Alois P. Heinz at A317686

Mathematica

Block[{t = NestWhile[Function[{a, n}, Append[a, n - a[[a[[-1]] ]] - a[[-a[[-1]] ]] ] ] @@ {#, Length@ # + 1} &, {1, 1}, Last@ # < 10^2 &], b}, b = NestWhile[Function[{b, n}, Append[b, b[[t[[n]] ]] + b[[-t[[n]] ]] ] ] @@ {#, Length@ # + 1} &, {1, 1}, Last@ # < Max@ t &]; Array[2 b[[#]] - # &, Length@ b] ] (* Michael De Vlieger, Aug 07 2018 *)
t[n_] := t[n] = If[n<3, 1, n - t[t[n-1]] - t[n - t[n-1]]]; b[n_] := b[n] = If[n<3, 1, b[t[n]] + b[n - t[n]]]; Table[2*b[n] - n, {n, 106}] (* Giovanni Resta, Aug 14 2018 *)

PARI

t=vector(199); t[1]=t[2]=1; for(n=3, #t, t[n] = n-t[n-t[n-1]]-t[t[n-1]]); b=vector(199); b[1]=b[2]=1; for(n=3, #b, b[n] = b[t[n]]+b[n-t[n]]); vector(199, k, 2*b[k]-k)