Search: id:A100002 Results 1-1 of 1 results found. %I A100002 %S A100002 1,2,1,2,3,3,1,2,4,4,3,4,1,2,5,5,3,5,1,2,4,5,3,4,6,6,1,2,6,3,7,7,6,4,7, %T A100002 7,5,6,1,2,5,3,8,8,7,4,8,8,1,2,6,7,3,6,5,8,4,8,5,6,9,9,1,2,9,3,10,10,9, %U A100002 4,10,10,7,8,9,5,7,10,1,2,9,7,3,4,9,6,11,11,10,11 %N A100002 Start with a sequence of 1's, then replace every other 1 by a 2; then replace every third of the remaining 1's by a 3 and every third of the remaining 2's by a 3; then replace ever fourth remaining 1, 2 or 3 by a 4; and so on. The limiting sequence is shown here. %C A100002 The position of the 1's is given by A000960. - T. D. Noe, Oct 26 2004 %H A100002 T. D. Noe, Table of n, a(n) for n=1..10000 %H A100002 T. D. Noe, Plot of first 5000 terms %H A100002 A post on sci.math.research newsgroup. %F A100002 a(1, j)=1 for all j>=1; a(n, j)=a(n-1, j) except when #{i<=j s.t. a(n-1, i)=a(n-1, j)} is multiple of n, in which case a(n, j)=n; a(j) is the limit of the (stationary) a(n, j) when n tends to infinity. %F A100002 It appears that that the maximal value among the first n terms grows like sqrt(4n/3). %F A100002 Note that the first occurrence of n is bounded by A000960; that is, A100287(n) <= A000960(n), with equality only for n=1. - T. D. Noe (noe(AT)sspectra.com), Nov 12 2004 %e A100002 Here are the first 6 stages in the construction: %e A100002 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1... %e A100002 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2... %e A100002 1 2 1 2 3 3 1 2 1 2 3 3 1 2 1 2 3 3 1 2 1 2 3 3 1 2 1 2 3 3... %e A100002 1 2 1 2 3 3 1 2 4 4 3 4 1 2 1 2 3 3 1 2 4 4 3 4 1 2 1 2 3 3... %e A100002 1 2 1 2 3 3 1 2 4 4 3 4 1 2 5 5 3 5 1 2 4 5 3 4 1 2 1 2 3 3... %e A100002 1 2 1 2 3 3 1 2 4 4 3 4 1 2 5 5 3 5 1 2 4 5 3 4 6 6 1 2 6 3... %e A100002 ... %t A100002 nn=100; t=Table[1, {nn}]; done=False; k=1; While[ !done, k++; cnt=Table[0, {k-1}]; Do[If[t[[i]]= i ) { counts[i][value] = 0; value = i; } return value; } %Y A100002 Cf. A100287 (first occurrence of n). %Y A100002 Sequence in context: A071766 A007305 A112531 this_sequence A057041 A099567 A140530 %Y A100002 Adjacent sequences: A099999 A100000 A100001 this_sequence A100003 A100004 A100005 %K A100002 easy,nice,nonn %O A100002 1,2 %A A100002 David A. Madore (david.madore(AT)ens.fr), Oct 25 2004 Search completed in 0.002 seconds