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A003314 Binary entropy function: for n >= 1, a(n) = n + min { a(k)+a(n-k) : 1 <= k <= n-1 }.
(Formerly M1345)
+0
9
0, 2, 5, 8, 12, 16, 20, 24, 29, 34, 39, 44, 49, 54, 59, 64, 70, 76, 82, 88, 94, 100, 106, 112, 118, 124, 130, 136, 142, 148, 154, 160, 167, 174, 181, 188, 195, 202, 209, 216, 223, 230, 237, 244, 251, 258, 265, 272, 279, 286, 293, 300, 307, 314, 321, 328, 335 (list; graph; listen)
OFFSET

1,2

COMMENT

Morris gives many other interesting properties of this function.

REFERENCES

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

D. E. Knuth, The Art of Computer Programming. Addison-Wesley, Reading, MA, Vol. 3, Sect 5.4.9, Eq. (19). p. 374.

R. Morris, Some theorems on sorting, SIAM J. Appl. Math., 17 (1969), 1-6.

LINKS

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

FORMULA

a(1) = 0; a(n) = n + a([n/2]) + a(n-[n/2]). [Morris]

a(n) is a convex function of n. [Morris]

a(n)=A001855(n)+n-1. - Michael Somos Feb 07 2004

a(n) = n+a(floor[n/2])+a(ceiling[n/2]) = n*floor[log_2(4n)]-2^floor[log_2(2n)] = A033156(n)-n = n*A070941(n)-A062383(n). - Henry Bottomley (se16(AT)btinternet.com), Jul 03 2002

a(1) = 0 and for n>1: a(n) = a(n-1) + A070941(2*n-1). Also a(n) = A123753(n-1) - 1. - Reinhard Zumkeller (reinhard.zumkeller(AT)gmail.com), Oct 12 2006

EXAMPLE

E.g. a(6) = 6 + min {1+12, 2+8, 5+5} = 6 +10 = 16.

MAPLE

A003314 := proc(n) local i, j; option remember; if n<=2 then n elif n=3 then 5 else j := 10^10; for i from 1 to n-1 do if A003314(i)+A003314(n-i) < j then j := A003314(i)+A003314(n-i); fi; od; n+j; fi; end;

PROGRAM

(PARI) a(n)=if(n<2, 0, n+a(n\2)+a((n+1)\2))

(PARI) a(n)=local(m); if(n<2, 0, m=length(binary(n-1)); n*m-2^m+n)

CROSSREFS

Cf. A054248, A097071.

Adjacent sequences: A003311 A003312 A003313 this_sequence A003315 A003316 A003317

Sequence in context: A087347 A062468 A061717 this_sequence A070977 A134925 A108577

KEYWORD

nonn,easy,nice

AUTHOR

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

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