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A111090 Successive generations of an alternating Kolakoski rule.

1, 2, 11, 21, 112, 2122, 1121122, 2122121122, 1121122122121122, 212212112212211211212211, 112112212212112212211212212112112212

Offset: 1

Benoit Cloitre, Oct 12 2005

Strings are obtained using the Kolakoski substitution and the additional rule: start with 1 if previous string begins with 2, start with 2 if previous string begins with 1.

a(n+1) > a(n), and a(n) is always composed of 1s and 2s, hence a subsequence of A007931. - Charles R Greathouse IV, Nov 20 2024

			1-->2-->11-->21-->112-->2122

Subsequence of A007931.

Cf. A111081, A000002.

As n grows a(2n-1) converges toward A025142 (red as a word) and a(2n) converges toward A025143. Conjecture : a(n) is asymptotic to c*(3/2)^n for some c.

A327421 In a Kolakoski n-chain, point at which term of penultimate sequence seq(n-1) differs from term of final sequence seq(n) in chain, when terms of seq(i) are run-lengths of seq(i+1) and the chain contains n sequences.

Original entry on oeis.org

0, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 12, 19, 29, 44, 66, 100, 151, 227, 341, 512, 769, 1154, 1729, 2591, 3886, 5827, 8743, 13117, 19675, 29515, 44281, 66432, 99668, 149532, 224307, 336451, 504649, 756962, 1135451, 1703198, 2554847, 3832293, 5748475, 8622647

Offset: 1

Anthony Sand, Nov 29 2019

The terms of the Kolakoski sequence, A000002, are the run-lengths of the same sequence. The terms of the sequence never differ from themselves and a(1) is therefore assigned the value 0. In a Kolakoski n-chain consisting of n >= 2 sequences, the terms of seq(i) are the run-lengths of seq(i+1), with the final sequence, seq(n), in the chain being the run-lengths of seq(1). The sequence above, a(n), records the term at which seq(n-1) differs from seq(n) in a chain of n sequences that use the alphabets {2,1} for seq(1) and {1,2} for seq(2..n). For example, in the Kolakoski 2-chain, A025142 and A025143, the sequences are:
seq(1) = 2,1,2,2,1,2,1,1,2,2,1,2,2,1,1,2,1,1,2,1,2,2,1,1,2,1,1,2,2,1,2,1,1,... (A025143)
seq(2) = 1,1,2,1,1,2,2,1,2,2,1,2,1,1,2,2,1,2,2,1,1,2,1,2,2,1,2,1,1,2,1,1,2,... (A025142)
The penultimate sequence, seq(n-1 = 1), differs from the final sequence, seq(n = 2), at the 1st term and therefore a(2) = 1. In this Kolakoski 3-chain, seq(n-1) differs from seq(n) at the 2nd term and a(3) = 2:
seq(1) = 2,1,1,2,1,2,2,1,2,1,1,2,2,1,2,2,1,1,2,1,2,2,1,2,2,1,1,2,1,1,2,1,2,...
seq(2) = 1,1,2,1,2,2,1,2,2,1,1,2,1,1,2,1,2,2,1,1,2,1,1,2,2,1,2,1,1,2,1,1,2,...
seq(3) = 1,2,1,1,2,1,1,2,2,1,2,2,1,1,2,1,2,2,1,2,1,1,2,1,1,2,2,1,2,1,1,2,1,...
Conjectures: 1) In a Kolakoski n-chain of the form given, as n -> infinity, seq(n) converges on the Kolakoski sequence, A000002, whose terms always match its own run-lengths, while seq(1) converges on the anti-Kolakoski sequence, A049705, whose terms never match its own run-lengths. 2) As i -> infinity, a(i) / a(i+1) converges on 2/3.

			In this Kolakoski 4-chain, seq(n-1) differs from seq(n) at the 3rd term and a(4) = 3:
seq(1) = 2,1,1,2,2,1,2,2,1,2,1,1,2,1,1,2,2,1,2,1,1,2,1,2,2,1,2,2,1,1,2,1,...
seq(2) = 1,1,2,1,2,2,1,1,2,1,1,2,2,1,2,2,1,2,1,1,2,1,2,2,1,1,2,1,1,2,1,2,...
seq(3) = 1,2,1,1,2,1,1,2,2,1,2,1,1,2,1,2,2,1,1,2,1,1,2,2,1,2,2,1,2,1,1,2,...
seq(4) = 1,2,2,1,2,1,1,2,1,2,2,1,1,2,1,1,2,1,2,2,1,2,2,1,1,2,1,2,2,1,2,1,...
In this Kolakoski 5-chain, seq(n-1) differs from seq(n) at the 5th term and a(5) = 5:
seq(1) = 2,1,1,2,2,1,2,1,1,2,1,2,2,1,2,2,1,1,2,1,1,2,2,1,2,1,1,2,1,1,2,2,1,...
seq(2) = 1,1,2,1,2,2,1,1,2,1,1,2,1,2,2,1,2,2,1,1,2,1,1,2,2,1,2,1,1,2,1,2,2,...
seq(3) = 1,2,1,1,2,1,1,2,2,1,2,1,1,2,1,2,2,1,2,2,1,1,2,1,1,2,2,1,2,1,1,2,1,...
seq(4) = 1,2,2,1,2,1,1,2,1,2,2,1,1,2,1,1,2,1,2,2,1,2,2,1,1,2,1,1,2,2,1,2,1,...
seq(5) = 1,2,2,1,1,2,1,1,2,1,2,2,1,2,2,1,1,2,1,2,2,1,2,1,1,2,1,1,2,2,1,2,2,...
In this Kolakoski 8-chain, seq(n-1) differs from seq(n) at the 19th term and a(8) = 19:
seq(1) = 2,1,1,2,2,1,2,1,1,2,1,1,2,2,1,2,2,1,1,2,1,2,2,1,2,1,1,2,2,1,2,2,1,...
seq(2) = 1,1,2,1,2,2,1,1,2,1,1,2,1,2,2,1,2,1,1,2,2,1,2,2,1,1,2,1,2,2,1,2,2,...
[...]
seq(7) = 1,2,2,1,1,2,1,2,2,1,2,2,1,1,2,1,1,2,1,2,2,1,2,1,1,2,2,1,2,2,1,1,2,...
seq(8) = 1,2,2,1,1,2,1,2,2,1,2,2,1,1,2,1,1,2,2,1,2,1,1,2,1,2,2,1,2,2,1,1,2,...

Cf. A000002, A025142, A025143.

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A111090 Successive generations of an alternating Kolakoski rule.

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