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a(n) = 2^A048881 = 2^{maximal power of 2 dividing the n-th Catalan number (A000108)}. [Comment corrected by N. J. A. Sloane, Apr 30 2018]

Row sums of triangle A128937. - Philippe Deléham, May 02 2007

a(n) = sum of (n+1)-th row terms of triangle A167364. - Gary W. Adamson, Nov 01 2009

a(n), n >= 1: Numerators of Maclaurin series for 1 - ((sin x)/x)^2, A117972(n), n >= 2: Denominators of Maclaurin series for 1 - ((sin x)/x)^2, the correlation function in Montgomery's pair correlation conjecture. - Daniel Forgues, Oct 16 2011

For n > 0: a(n) = A007954(A007931(n)). - Reinhard Zumkeller, Oct 26 2012

a(n) = A261363(2*(n+1), n+1). - Reinhard Zumkeller, Aug 16 2015

From Gus Wiseman, Oct 30 2022: (Start)

Also the number of coarsenings of the (n+1)-th composition in standard order. The k-th composition in standard order (graded reverse-lexicographic, 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. See link for sequences related to standard compositions. For example, the a(10) = 4 coarsenings of (2,1,1) are: (2,1,1), (2,2), (3,1), (4).

Also the number of times n+1 appears in A357134. For example, 11 appears at positions 11, 20, 33, and 1024, so a(10) = 4.

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The standard order of compositions is given by A066099.

A composition of n is a finite sequence of positive integers summing to n. 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. a(n) is the number of maximal strictly decreasing runs in this composition. Alternatively, a(n) is one plus the number of weak ascents in the same composition. For example, the strictly decreasing runs of the 1234567th composition are ((3,2,1),(2),(2,1),(2),(5,1),(1),(1)), so a(1234567) = 7. The 6 weak ascents together with the strict descents are: 3 > 2 > 1 <= 2 <= 2 > 1 <= 2 <= 5 > 1 <= 1 <= 1. - Gus Wiseman, Apr 08 2020

Up to sign, same as A124754.

The reverse-alternating sum of a sequence (y_1,...,y_k) is Sum_i (-1)^(k-i) y_i.

The k-th composition in standard order (graded reverse-lexicographic, 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.

Also BII-numbers of set-systems (sets of nonempty sets) satisfying a strict version of the axiom of choice.

A binary index of k (row k of A048793) is any position of a 1 in its reversed binary expansion. A set-system is a finite set of finite nonempty sets. We define the set-system with BII-number k to be obtained by taking the binary indices of each binary index of k. Every finite set of finite nonempty sets has a different BII-number. For example, 18 has reversed binary digits (0,1,0,0,1), and since the binary indices of 2 and 5 are {2} and {1,3} respectively, the BII-number of {{2},{1,3}} is 18.

The axiom of choice says that, given any set of nonempty sets Y, it is possible to choose a set containing an element from each. The strict version requires this set to have the same cardinality as Y, meaning no element is chosen more than once.

The binary representation of a(n) shows which prime numbers divide n, but not the multiplicities. a(2)=1, a(3)=10, a(4)=1, a(5)=100, a(6)=11, a(10)=101, a(30)=111, etc.

For n > 1, a(n) gives the (one-based) index of the column where n is located in array A285321. A008479 gives the other index. - Antti Karttunen, Apr 17 2017

From Antti Karttunen, Jun 18 & 20 2017: (Start)

A268335 gives all n such that a(n) = A248663(n); the squarefree numbers (A005117) are all the n such that a(n) = A285330(n) = A048675(n).

For all n > 1 for which the value of A285331(n) is well-defined, we have A285331(a(n)) <= floor(A285331(n)/2), because then n is included in the binary tree A285332 and a(n) is one of its ancestors (in that tree), and thus must be at least one step nearer to its root than n itself.

Conjecture: Starting at any n and iterating the map n -> a(n), we will always reach 0 (see A288569). This conjecture is equivalent to the conjecture that at any n that is neither a prime nor a power of two, we will eventually hit a prime number (which then becomes a power of two in the next iteration). If this conjecture is false then sequence A285332 cannot be a permutation of natural numbers. On the other hand, if the conjecture is true, then A285332 must be a permutation of natural numbers, because all primes and powers of 2 occur in definite positions in that tree. This conjecture also implies the conjectures made in A019565 and A285320 that essentially claim that there are neither finite nor infinite cycles in A019565.

If there are any 2-cycles in this sequence, then both terms of the cycle should be present in A286611 and the larger one should be present in A286612.

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Binary rank of the distinct prime indices of n, where the binary rank of an integer partition y is given by Sum_i 2^(y_i-1). For all prime indices (with multiplicity) we have A048675. - Gus Wiseman, May 25 2024

The n-th composition in standard order (graded reverse-lexicographic, A066099) is obtained by taking the set of positions of 1's in the reversed binary expansion of n, prepending 0, taking first differences, and reversing again. This gives a bijective correspondence between nonnegative integers and integer compositions.

Maximum position in A072644 where the value n occurs.

Also partial sums of A058891, i.e. the first differences are there. - R. J. Mathar, May 15 2007

A binary index of n is any position of a 1 in its reversed binary expansion. The binary indices of n are row n of A048793. We define the set-system with BII-number n to be obtained by taking the binary indices of each binary index of n. Every finite set of finite nonempty sets has a different BII-number. For example, 18 has reversed binary expansion (0,1,0,0,1), and since the binary indices of 2 and 5 are {2} and {1,3} respectively, the BII-number of {{2},{1,3}} is 18. Then a(n) is the minimum BII-number of a set-system with n distinct vertices. - Gus Wiseman, Jul 24 2019

A binary index of n is any position of a 1 in its reversed binary expansion. We define the set-system with BII-number n to be obtained by taking the binary indices of each binary index of n. Every finite set of finite nonempty sets has a different BII-number. For example, 18 has reversed binary expansion (0,1,0,0,1), and since the binary indices of 2 and 5 are {2} and {1,3} respectively, it follows that the BII-number of {{2},{1,3}} is 18.

Elements of a set-system are sometimes called edges. In an antichain of sets, no edge is a subset or superset of any other edge.

The alternating sum of a sequence (y_1,...,y_k) is Sum_i (-1)^(i-1) y_i.

The k-th composition in standard order (graded reverse-lexicographic, 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.