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A005350 a(1) = a(2) = a(3) = 1, a(n) = a(a(n-1))+a(n-a(n-1)) for n >= 4.
(Formerly M0253)
+0
3
1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 4, 5, 5, 5, 5, 6, 7, 7, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 9, 10, 11, 11, 12, 12, 12, 13, 13, 13, 13, 13, 13, 14, 15, 16, 16, 17, 18, 18, 19, 19, 19, 20, 20, 20, 20, 21, 21, 21, 21, 21, 21, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 25, 26, 27, 27, 28 (list; graph; listen)
OFFSET

1,4

COMMENT

a(n)-a(n-1) = 0 or 1 (see the 1991 Monthly reference). - Emeric Deutsch (deutsch(AT)duke.poly.edu), Jun 06 2005

REFERENCES

N. J. A. Sloane and Simon Plouffe, The Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences, Academic Press, 1995 (includes this sequence).

R. K. Guy, The second strong law of small numbers. Math. Mag. 63 (1990), no. 1, 3-20.

Problem E3274, Amer. Math. Monthly, 98, No, 10, (1991), 958-959.

LINKS

T. D. Noe, Table of n, a(n) for n=1..1000

MAPLE

A005350 := proc(n) option remember; if n<=3 then 1 else A005350(A005350(n-1))+A005350(n-A005350(n-1)); fi; end;

a[1]:=1: a[2]:=1: a[3]:=1: for n from 4 to 64 do a[n]:=a[a[n-1]]+a[n-a[n-1]] od: seq(a[n], n=1..64); (Deutsch)

CROSSREFS

Cf. A004001, A005707.

Sequence in context: A166079 A080677 A153112 this_sequence A055037 A125186 A140473

Adjacent sequences: A005347 A005348 A005349 this_sequence A005351 A005352 A005353

KEYWORD

nonn,easy,nice

AUTHOR

N. J. A. Sloane (njas(AT)research.att.com), R. K. Guy

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