Search: id:A038554 Results 1-1 of 1 results found. %I A038554 %S A038554 0,0,1,0,2,3,1,0,4,5,7,6,2,3,1,0,8,9,11,10,14,15,13,12,4,5,7,6,2,3,1,0, %T A038554 16,17,19,18,22,23,21,20,28,29,31,30,26,27,25,24,8,9,11,10,14,15,13,12, %U A038554 4,5,7,6,2,3,1,0,32,33,35,34,38,39,37,36,44,45,47,46,42,43,41,40,56,57 %N A038554 Derivative of n: write n in binary, replace each pair of adjacent bits by their mod 2 sum (a(0)=a(1)=0 by convention). Also n XOR (n shift 1). %C A038554 Comment from Antti Karttunen : this is also a version of A003188: a(n) = A003188[ n ] - 2^floor_log_2(A003188[ n ]), that is, the corresponding Gray code expansion, but with highest 1-bit turned off. Also a(n) = A003188[ n ] - 2^floor_log_2(n). %C A038554 Comment from John W. Layman (layman(AT)math.vt.edu): {a(n)} is a self-similar sequence under Kimberling's 'upper-trimming' operation. %H A038554 T. D. Noe, Table of n, a(n) for n=0..4096 %H A038554 C. Kimberling, Fractal sequences %H A038554 J. W. Layman, View the fractal-like graph of a(n) vs. n %H A038554 R. Stephan, Some divide-and-conquer sequences ... %H A038554 R. Stephan, Table of generating functions %F A038554 If 2*2^k<=n<3*2^k then a(n)=2^k+a(2^(k+2)-n-1); if 3*2^k<=n<4*2^k then a(n)=a(n-2^(k+1)) - Henry Bottomley (se16(AT)btinternet.com), May 11 2000 %F A038554 G.f. 1/(1-x) * sum(k>=0, 2^k(t^4-t^3+t^2)/(1+t^2), t=x^2^k). - Ralf Stephan (ralf(AT)ark.in-berlin.de), Sep 10 2003 %F A038554 a(0)=0, a(2n) = 2a(n) + [n odd], a(2n+1) = 2a(n) + [n>0 even]. - Ralf Stephan (ralf(AT)ark.in-berlin.de), Oct 20 2003 %F A038554 a(0) = a(1) = 0, a(4n) = 2a(2n), a(4n+2) = 2a(2n+1)+1, a(4n+1) = 2a(2n)+1, a(4n+3) = 2a(2n+1). Proof by Nikolaus Meyberg following a conjecture by Ralf Stephan. %e A038554 If n=18=10010, derivative is (1+0)(0+0)(0+1)(1+0) = 1011, so a(18)=11. %p A038554 A038554 := proc(n) local i,b,ans; ans := 0; b := convert(n,base,2); for i to nops(b)-1 do ans := ans+((b[ i ]+b[ i+1 ]) mod 2)*2^(i-1); od; RETURN(ans); end; [ seq(A038554(i),i=0..100) ]; %Y A038554 Cf. A038570, A038571. See A003415 for another definition of the derivative of a number. %Y A038554 Cf. A038556 (rotates n instead of shifting) %Y A038554 Sequence in context: A137396 A167666 A115352 this_sequence A100329 A081247 A144633 %Y A038554 Adjacent sequences: A038551 A038552 A038553 this_sequence A038555 A038556 A038557 %K A038554 nonn,nice,easy %O A038554 0,5 %A A038554 N. J. A. Sloane (njas(AT)research.att.com). %E A038554 More terms from Erich Friedman (erich.friedman(AT)stetson.edu). Search completed in 0.002 seconds