A333229 First sums of the Kolakoski sequence A000002.

3, 4, 3, 2, 3, 3, 3, 4, 3, 3, 4, 3, 2, 3, 3, 2, 3, 4, 3, 3, 3, 2, 3, 3, 3, 4, 3, 2, 3, 3, 2, 3, 3, 3, 4, 3, 3, 4, 3, 2, 3, 3, 3, 4, 3, 3, 3, 2, 3, 3, 2, 3, 4, 3, 3, 4, 3, 2, 3, 3, 3, 4, 3, 3, 4, 3, 2, 3, 3, 2, 3, 3, 3, 4, 3, 3, 3, 2, 3, 4, 3, 3, 4, 3, 2, 3, 3

Offset: 1

Author

Gus Wiseman, Mar 18 2020

Keywords

• nonn

Crossrefs

Positions of 3's are A054353.

Positions of 2's are A074262.

Positions of 4's are A074263.

The number of runs in the first n terms of A000002 is A156253(n).

Even-indexed terms are A332273 (without the first term).

Odd-indexed terms are A332875.

Cf. A000002, A001462, A013947, A013948, A088568, A156728, A288605, A296658, A329315, A329316, A329317, A329362.

Programs

Mathematica

kolagrow[q_]:=If[Length[q]<2,Take[{1,2},Length[q]+1],Append[q,Switch[{q[[Length[Split[q]]]],q[[-2]],Last[q]},{1,1,1},0,{1,1,2},1,{1,2,1},2,{1,2,2},0,{2,1,1},2,{2,1,2},2,{2,2,1},1,{2,2,2},1]]]
kol[n_Integer]:=Nest[kolagrow,{1},n-1];
Table[kol[n][[-1]]+kol[n+1][[-1]],{n,30}]

Formula

a(n) = A000002(n) + A000002(n + 1).