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A368485 Lexicographically earliest infinite sequence of positive integers such that for n > 1, a(n - a(n)) is distinct for all indices n with the same a(n) value.

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%I A368485 #36 Jan 15 2024 10:05:36
%S A368485 1,1,2,1,2,3,1,2,3,3,4,1,2,3,4,5,1,2,3,4,5,4,4,5,6,1,2,3,4,5,5,5,6,7,
%T A368485 1,2,3,4,5,6,6,7,8,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,6,6,6,7,7,8,9,
%U A368485 10,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,7,7,7,8,8,9,10,11
%N A368485 Lexicographically earliest infinite sequence of positive integers such that for n > 1, a(n - a(n)) is distinct for all indices n with the same a(n) value.
%C A368485 Consider each index i as a location from which one can jump a(i) terms backwards. Any two distinct indices m and k, where a(m)=a(k), will jump to distinct values. In other words, every 1 will jump back to a distinct value, every 2, 3, etc.
%H A368485 Rémy Sigrist, <a href="/A368485/b368485.txt">Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..10000</a>
%H A368485 Rémy Sigrist, <a href="/A368485/a368485.gp.txt">PARI program</a>
%e A368485 We can see, for example, that the values reached by jumping backwards once from each 3 in the sequence are all distinct:
%e A368485   1, 1, 2, 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3, 3, 4, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 1, 2, 3
%e A368485         2<=======*
%e A368485                  3<=======*
%e A368485                     1<=======*  4<=======*     5<=======*
%o A368485 (PARI) See Links section.
%Y A368485 Cf. A367849, A367832, A367467.
%K A368485 nonn
%O A368485 1,3
%A A368485 _Neal Gersh Tolunsky_, Dec 28 2023
%E A368485 More terms from _Rémy Sigrist_, Jan 15 2024