A364936 a(n) = minimum number of variables with n possible states in a system such that its solution requires the processing of a transcomputational number of bits.
309, 195, 155, 134, 120, 111, 103, 98, 93, 90, 87, 84, 82, 80, 78, 76, 75, 73, 72, 71, 70, 69, 68, 67, 66, 65, 65, 64, 63, 63, 62, 62, 61, 61, 60, 60, 59, 59, 59, 58, 58, 57, 57, 57, 56, 56, 56, 56, 55, 55
Offset: 2
Examples
For k = 2 (i.e., a set of n Boolean variables), 309 is the corresponding term of this sequence as it is the smallest integer which satisfies 10^93 < 2^n.
References
- H. J. Bremermann, "Optimization through evolution and recombination" in Self-Organizing Systems, Spartan Books, 1962, pages 93-106.
- G. J. Klir, Facets of Systems Science, Springer, 1991, pages 121-128.
Links
- H. J. Bremermann, Optimization through evolution and recombination
- Wikipedia, Transcomputational problem
Programs
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Mathematica
Table[Ceiling[93 Log[10] / Log[n]], {n, 2, 51}]
Formula
a(n) = ceiling(93*log(10)/log(n)).
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