A374056 a(n) = max_{i=0..n} S_4(i) + S_4(n-i) where S_4(x) = A053737(x) is the base-4 digit sum of x.
0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 4, 5, 6, 7, 5, 6, 7, 8, 6, 7, 8, 9, 7, 8, 9, 10, 8, 9, 10, 11, 9, 10, 11, 12, 7, 8, 9, 10, 8, 9, 10, 11, 9, 10, 11, 12, 10, 11, 12, 13, 8, 9, 10, 11, 9, 10, 11, 12, 10, 11, 12, 13, 11, 12, 13, 14, 9, 10, 11, 12, 10, 11, 12, 13, 11, 12, 13, 14
Offset: 0
Examples
For n=74, the maximum is attained by 63 + 11 = (333)_4 + (23)_4. Using 75=(1023)_4, comparing with the formula above, A053737(63) = 3*floor(log_4(n+1)) = 9 and A053737(11) = A053737(74+1)-1 = 5. Notice that other pairs attain the maximum as well. Namely, 43 + 31 = (223)_4 + (133)_4, as well as 47 + 27 = (233)_4 + (123)_4, and 59 + 15 = (323)_4 + (33)_4.
References
- Hermann Gruber and Markus Holzer, Optimal Regular Expressions for Palindromes of Given Length. Extended journal version, in preparation, 2024.
Links
- Paolo Xausa, Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..10000
- Hermann Gruber and Markus Holzer, Optimal Regular Expressions for Palindromes of Given Length, Proceedings of the 46th International Symposium on Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science, Article No. 53, pp. 53:1-53:15, 2021.
Programs
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Mathematica
Table[3*Floor[Log[4, k]] + DigitSum[k, 4] - 1, {k, 100}] (* Paolo Xausa, Aug 01 2024 *)
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PARI
a(n) = 3*logint(n+1, 4) + sumdigits(n+1, 4) - 1;
Formula
a(n) = 3*floor(log_4(n+1)) + A053737(n+1) - 1 [Gruber and Holzer, lemma 9].
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