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A001143 Describe the previous term! (method A - initial term is 6). +0
11
6, 16, 1116, 3116, 132116, 1113122116, 311311222116, 13211321322116, 1113122113121113222116, 31131122211311123113322116, 132113213221133112132123222116 (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 3116 is obtained by saying "one 3, two 1's, one 6", which gives 132116.

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, 6 ][ [ n ] ]; Table[ FromDigits[ F[ n ] ], {n, 1, 11} ] - Zerinvary Lajos (zerinvarylajos(AT)yahoo.com), Mar 21 2007

CROSSREFS

Cf. A001155, A005150, A006751, A006715, A001140, A001141, A001145, A001151, A001154.

Adjacent sequences: A001140 A001141 A001142 this_sequence A001144 A001145 A001146

Sequence in context: A080809 A118949 A053334 this_sequence A138490 A022510 A120930

KEYWORD

nonn,base,easy,nice

AUTHOR

njas

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