A177356 a(n) is the index of the first 0 term in the rumor sequence with initial 0th term 1 and parameters b = 2 and n.
1, 2, 5, 10, 3, 18, 7, 24, 23, 22, 13, 4, 19, 18, 9, 6, 15, 374, 13, 12, 11, 370, 369, 32, 367, 366, 5, 28, 363, 8, 361, 360, 37, 358, 21, 356, 355, 354, 353, 16, 351, 100, 349, 98, 347, 346, 95, 344, 93, 92, 91, 340, 89, 10, 15, 336, 31, 6, 333, 82, 331, 80, 25, 328, 327, 326
Offset: 1
Examples
For n = 15, the z-sequence terms are 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 12, 3, 6, 12, 0, so a(15) = 9; that is, z[0] = 1, z[1] = 2, z[2] = 4, ..., z[8] = 12, and z[9] = 0. [Edited by _Petros Hadjicostas_, Dec 13 2019]
Links
- B. Dearden, J. Iiams, and J. Metzger, Rumor Arrays, J. Integer Seq. 16 (2013), #13.9.3.
- B. Dearden and J. Metzger, Running Modulus Recursions, J. Integer Seq. 13(1) (2010), #10.1.6.
Programs
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Mathematica
For[n=1,n<50,n++,k=0;Clear[z];z[0]=1;z[k_]:=z[k]=Mod[2z[k-1],k+n]; While[z[k]>0,k++];Print[k];]
Formula
a(n) = inf{m > 0 | z[0] = 1, z[m] = 0, and z[k] = (2*z[k-1] mod (k + n)) for k = 1..m}. - Petros Hadjicostas, Dec 13 2019
Extensions
More terms from Petros Hadjicostas, Dec 13 2019
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