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A381812 Number of moves required to reach a position with the maximum number of heads in the game of blet with 2*n coins.

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%I A381812 #27 Mar 16 2025 13:08:33
%S A381812 1,1,2,5,3,6,11,7,10,17,11,16,25,15,22,33,21,28,41,27,34
%N A381812 Number of moves required to reach a position with the maximum number of heads in the game of blet with 2*n coins.
%C A381812 See A075273 or Rodriguez Villegas, Sadun, and Voloch (2002) for the definition of blet.
%C A381812 Rodriguez Villegas, Sadun, and Voloch (2002) prove that the maximum number of heads achievable is A047206(n).
%H A381812 Michael S. Branicky, <a href="/A381812/a381812.py.txt">Python program for OEIS A381812</a>
%H A381812 Fernando Rodriguez Villegas, Lorenzo Sadun, and José Felipe Voloch, <a href="https://doi.org/10.1080/00029890.2002.11919904">Blet: a mathematical puzzle</a>, The American Mathematical Monthly 109 (2002), Issue 8, 729-740.
%e A381812 For n = 5, a(5) = 5 moves are needed to go from HTHTHTHTHT to a sequence with the maximum number A047206(5) = 8 of heads: HTHTHTHTHT -> THHTHTHTHH -> THHTHTTHTH -> THHHTHTHTH -> THHHHTHHTH -> HHHHHTHHHT.
%o A381812 (Python) # see linked program
%Y A381812 Cf. A047206, A075273, A381813, A381814.
%K A381812 nonn,more
%O A381812 2,3
%A A381812 _Pontus von Brömssen_, Mar 08 2025
%E A381812 a(17)-a(18) from _Michael S. Branicky_, Mar 11 2025
%E A381812 a(19)-a(22) from _Bert Dobbelaere_, Mar 15 2025