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A001141 Describe the previous term! (method A - initial term is 5). +0
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5, 15, 1115, 3115, 132115, 1113122115, 311311222115, 13211321322115, 1113122113121113222115, 31131122211311123113322115, 132113213221133112132123222115 (list; graph; listen)
OFFSET

1,1

COMMENT

Method A = 'frequency' followed by 'digit'-indication.

REFERENCES

J. H. Conway, The weird and wonderful chemistry of audioactive decay, in T. M. Cover and Gopinath, eds., Open Problems in Communication and Computation, Springer, NY 1987, pp. 173-188.

S. R. Finch, Mathematical Constants, Cambridge, 2003, pp. 452-455.

I. Vardi, Computational Recreations in Mathematica. Addison-Wesley, Redwood City, CA, 1991, p. 4.

LINKS

S. R. Finch, Conway's Constant

EXAMPLE

E.g. the term after 3115 is obtained by saying "one 3, two 1's, one 5", which gives 132115.

MATHEMATICA

RunLengthEncode[ x_List ] := (Through[ {First, Length}[ #1 ] ] &) /@ Split[ x ]; LookAndSay[ n_, d_:1 ] := NestList[ Flatten[ Reverse /@ RunLengthEncode[ # ] ] &, {d}, n - 1 ]; F[ n_ ] := LookAndSay[ n, 5 ][ [ n ] ]; Table[ FromDigits[ F[ n ] ], {n, 1, 11} ] - Zerinvary Lajos (zerinvarylajos(AT)yahoo.com), Mar 21 2007

CROSSREFS

Cf. A001155, A005150, A006751, A006715, A001140, A001143, A001145, A001151, A001154.

Adjacent sequences: A001138 A001139 A001140 this_sequence A001142 A001143 A001144

Sequence in context: A053926 A112273 A112515 this_sequence A138489 A022509 A138074

KEYWORD

nonn,base,easy,nice

AUTHOR

N. J. A. Sloane (njas(AT)research.att.com).

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