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The expression a(n) = B^n*Sum_{ k=0..n } binomial(2*k,k)/B^k gives A006134 for B=1, A082590 (B=2), A132310 (B=3), A002457 (B=4), A144635 (B=5). - N. J. A. Sloane, Jan 21 2009

T(n+1,1) from table A045912 of characteristic polynomial of negative Pascal matrix. - Michael Somos, Jul 24 2002

p divides a((p-3)/2) for p=11, 13, 23, 37, 47, 59, 61, 71, 73, 83, 97, 107, 109, 131, 157, 167, ...: A097933. Also primes congruent to {1, 2, 3, 11} mod 12 or primes p such that 3 is a square mod p (excluding 2 and 3) A038874. - Alexander Adamchuk, Jul 05 2006

Partial sums of the even central binomial coefficients. For p prime >=5, a(p-1) = 1 or -1 (mod p) according as p = 1 or -1 (mod 3) (see Pan and Sun link). - David Callan, Nov 29 2007

First column of triangle A187887. - Michel Marcus, Jun 23 2013

From Gus Wiseman, Apr 20 2023: (Start)

Also the number of nonempty subsets of {1,...,2n+1} with median n+1, where the median of a multiset is either the middle part (for odd length), or the average of the two middle parts (for even length). The odd/even-length cases are A000984 and A006134(n-1). For example, the a(0) = 1 through a(2) = 9 subsets are:

{1} {2} {3}

{1,3} {1,5}

{1,2,3} {2,4}

{1,3,4}

{1,3,5}

{2,3,4}

{2,3,5}

{1,2,4,5}

{1,2,3,4,5}

Alternatively, a(n-1) is the number of nonempty subsets of {1,...,2n-1} with median n.

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The median of a multiset is either the middle part (for odd length), or the average of the two middle parts (for even length).

Might be called the "Arima sequence" after Yoriyuki Arima who in 1769 constructed this sequence as the number of moves of the outer ring in the optimal solution for the Chinese Rings puzzle (baguenaudier). - Andreas M. Hinz, Feb 15 2017

Let u(k), v(k), w(k) be the 3 sequences defined by u(1)=1, v(1)=0, w(1)=0 and u(k+1) = u(k) + v(k), v(k+1) = u(k) + w(k), w(k+1) = v(k) + w(k); let M(k) = Max(u(k), v(k), w(k)); then a(n) = M(n). - Benoit Cloitre, Mar 25 2002

Unimodal analog of Fibonacci numbers: a(n+1) = Sum_{k=0..n/2} A071922(n-k, n-2*k). Based on the observation that F_{n+1} = Sum_{k} binomial (n-k, k). - Michele Dondi (bik.mido(AT)tiscalinet.it), Jun 30 2002

Numbers n at which the length of the symmetric signed digit expansion of n with q=2 (i.e., the length of the representation of n in the (-1,0,1)2 number system) increases. - _Ralf Stephan, Jun 30 2003

Row sums of Riordan array (1/(1-x), x/(1-2*x^2)). - Paul Barry, Apr 24 2005

For n > 0, record-values of A107910: a(n) = A107910(A023548(n)). - Reinhard Zumkeller, May 28 2005

2^(n+1) = 2*a(n) + 2*A001045(n) + A000975(n-1); e.g., 2^6 = 64 = 2*a(5) + 2*A001045(5) + 2*A000975(4) = 2*11 + 2*11 + 2*10. Let a(n), A001045(n) and A000975(n-1) = the legs of a triangle (a, b, c). Then a(n-1), A001045(n-1) and A000975(n-2) = (S-c), (S-b), (S-a), where S = the triangle semiperimeter. Example: a(5), A001045(5) and A000975(4) = triangle (a, b, c) = (11, 11, 10). Then a(4), A001045(4), A000975(3) = (S-c), (S-b), (S-a) = (6, 5, 5). - Gary W. Adamson, Dec 24 2007

a(n) is the number of length-n binary representations of a nonnegative integer that is divisible by 3. The initial digits are allowed to be 0's. a(4) = 6 because we have 0000, 0011, 0110, 1001, 1100, 1111. - Geoffrey Critzer, Jan 13 2014

a(n) is the top left entry of the n-th power of the 3 X 3 matrix [1, 0, 1; 0, 1, 1; 1, 1, 0] or of the 3 X 3 matrix [1, 1, 0; 1, 0, 1; 0, 1, 1]. - R. J. Mathar, Feb 04 2014

With 0 prefixed, this sequence is an autosequence of the first kind because the sequence of first differences A001045 is. Its companion is A052950. - Paul Curtz, Dec 18 2018, edited by M. F. Hasler, Dec 21 2018

Apparently, the sequence gives the distinct values taken by A129761, the first differences of fibbinary numbers. - Rémy Sigrist, Oct 26 2019

The sequence with offset 1 can be generated in three steps starting with A158780. First, put in alternate signs (1, -1, 1, -2, 2, -4, ...) and take the inverse; getting (1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, ...). Take the invert transform of the latter, resulting in the sequence. It follows from the inverti transform being 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, ... that (for example), a(9) = 171 = (1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8) dot (86, 43, 0, 11, 6, 6, 6, 5, 8) = (86 + 43 + 0 + 11 + 6 + 6 + 6 + 5 + 8). A similar procedure is shown in the Aug 08 2019 comment of A006356. - Gary W. Adamson, Feb 04 2022

Theorem (J.-P. Allouche, J. Shallit, G. Skordev): This sequence = A052499 - 1.

Ahnentafel numbers of ancestors contributing the X-chromosome to a female. A280873 gives the male inheritance. - Floris Strijbos, Jan 09 2017 [Equivalence with this sequence pointed out by John Blythe Dobson, May 09 2018]

The k-th composition in standard order (row k of A066099) is obtained by taking the set of positions of 1's in the reversed binary expansion of k, prepending 0, taking first differences, and reversing again. This gives a bijective correspondence between nonnegative integers and integer compositions. This sequence lists all numbers k such that the k-th composition in standard order has no parts greater than two. See the corresponding example below. - Gus Wiseman, Apr 04 2020

The binary representation of a(n+1) has the same string of digits as the lazy Fibonacci (also known as dual Zeckendorf) representation of n that uses 0s and 1s. (The "+1" is essentially an adjustment for the offset of this sequence.) - Peter Munn, Sep 06 2022

Inverse of the triangle = a tridiagonal matrix with (1,1,1,...) in the superdiagonal, (0,0,0,...) in the main diagonal and (-1,-1,-1,...) in the subdiagonal.

Riordan array (1/(1-x^2), x) with inverse (1-x^2,x). - Paul Barry, Sep 10 2008

The position of 1's in this sequence is equivalent to A246705, and the position of 0's is equivalent to A246706. - Bernard Schott, Jun 05 2019

Similar to A027709, which is minimal perimeter of polyomino of n cells, or equivalently, minimal perimeter of rectangle of area at least n and with integer sides. Present sequence is minimal semiperimeter of rectangle with area exactly n and with integer sides. - Winston C. Yang (winston(AT)cs.wisc.edu), Feb 03 2002

Semiperimeter b+d, d >= b, of squarest (smallest d-b) integral rectangle with area bd = n. That is, b = largest divisor of n <= sqrt(n), d = smallest divisor of n >= sqrt(n). a(n) = n+1 iff n is noncomposite (1 or prime). - Daniel Forgues, Nov 22 2009

From Juhani Heino, Feb 05 2019: (Start)

Basis for any thickness "frames" around the minimal area. Perimeter can be thought as the 0-thick frame, it is obviously 2a(n). Thickness 1 is achieved by laying unit tiles around the area, there are 2(a(n)+2) of them. Thickness 2 comes from the second such layer, now there are 4(a(n)+4) and so on. They all depend only on a(n), so they share this structure:

Every n > 1 is included. (For different thicknesses, every integer that can be derived from these with the respective formula. So, the perimeter has every even n > 2.)

For each square n > 1, a(n) = a(n-1).

a(1), a(2) and a(6) are the only unique values - the others appear multiple times.

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Gives a discrete Uncertainty Principle. A complex function on an abelian group of order n and its Discrete Fourier Transform must have at least a(n) nonzero entries between them. This bound is achieved by the indicator function on a subgroup of size closest to sqrt(n). - Oscar Cunningham, Oct 10 2021

Also two times the median divisor of n, where the median of a multiset is either the middle part (for odd length), or the average of the two middle parts (for even length). The version for mean instead of median is A057020/A057021. Other doubled medians of multisets are: A360005 (prime indices), A360457 (distinct prime indices), A360458 (distinct prime factors), A360459 (prime factors), A360460 (prime multiplicities), A360555 (0-prepended differences). - Gus Wiseman, Mar 18 2023

Notation: (2)[n](-1)

From David W. Wilson and Ralf Stephan, Jan 09 2007: (Start)

a(n) is even iff n in A001969; a(n) is odd iff n in A000069.

a(n) == 0 (mod 3) iff n == 0 (mod 3).

a(n) == 0 (mod 6) iff (n == 0 (mod 3) and n/3 not in A036556).

a(n) == 3 (mod 6) iff (n == 0 (mod 3) and n/3 in A036556). (End)

a(n) = A030300(n) - A083905(n). - Ralf Stephan, Jul 12 2003

From Robert G. Wilson v, Feb 15 2011: (Start)

First occurrence of k and -k: 0, 1, 2, 5, 10, 21, 42, 85, ..., (A000975); i.e., first 0 occurs for 0, first 1 occurs for 1, first -1 occurs at 2, first 2 occurs for 5, etc.;

a(n)=-3 only if n mod 3 = 0,

a(n)=-2 only if n mod 3 = 1,

a(n)=-1 only if n mod 3 = 2,

a(n)= 0 only if n mod 3 = 0,

a(n)= 1 only if n mod 3 = 1,

a(n)= 2 only if n mod 3 = 2,

a(n)= 3 only if n mod 3 = 0, ..., . (End)

a(n) modulo 2 is the Prouhet-Thue-Morse sequence A010060. - Philippe Deléham, Oct 20 2011

In the Koch curve, number the segments starting with n=0 for the first segment. The net direction (i.e., the sum of the preceding turns) of segment n is a(n)*60 degrees. This is since in the curve each base-4 digit 0,1,2,3 of n is a sub-curve directed respectively 0, +60, -60, 0 degrees, which is the net 0,+1,-1,0 of two bits in the sum here. - Kevin Ryde, Jan 24 2020

a(n) is the sum of pyramid weights of all Dyck paths of length 2n (for pyramid weight see Denise and Simion). Equivalently, a(n) is the sum of the total lengths of end branches of an ordered tree, summation being over all ordered trees with n edges. For example, the five ordered trees with 3 edges have total lengths of endbranches 3,2,3,3 and 3. - Emeric Deutsch, May 30 2003

a(n) is the number of Motzkin paths of length 2n with exactly one level segment. (A level segment is a maximal sequence of contiguous flatsteps.) Example: for n=2, the paths counted are FFFF, FFUD, UDFF, UFFD. The formula for a(n) below counts these paths by length of the level segment. - David Callan, Jul 15 2004

The inverse Catalan transform yields A024495, shifted once left. - R. J. Mathar, Jul 07 2009

From Paul Barry, Mar 29 2010: (Start)

Hankel transform is A138341.

The aerated sequence 0, 0, 1, 0, 4, 0, 14, 0, 49, ... has e.g.f. int(cosh(x-t)*Bessel_I(1,2t), t = 0..x). (End)

a(n) is the number of terms of A031443 not exceeding 4^n. - Vladimir Shevelev, Oct 01 2010

Also the number of nonempty subsets of {1..2n} with median n, bisection of A361801. The version containing n is A001700 (bisected). Replacing 2n with 2n+1 and n with n+1 gives A006134. For mean instead of median we have A212352. - Gus Wiseman, Apr 16 2023

The median of a multiset is either the middle part (for odd length), or the average of the two middle parts (for even length). Since the denominator is always 1 or 2, the median can be represented as an integer by multiplying by 2.

A prime index of n is a number m such that prime(m) divides n. The multiset of prime indices of n is row n of A112798. Distinct prime indices are listed by A304038.

a(n) is the number whose binary representation is A153435(n). - Omar E. Pol, Jan 18 2009

See A033001 and following for the analog in other bases and the variant with runs of length >= 2. - M. F. Hasler, Feb 01 2014