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A071532 (-1) * Sum[ k =1,n, (-1)^floor((3/2)^k) ]. +0
4
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OFFSET

1,4

COMMENT

Let b(n) denote the number of k with 0<=k<=n such that floor((3/2)^k) = A002379(k) is even; then a(n) = n-2*b(n).

Equivalently: let c(n) denote the number of k, 0<=k<=n, such that floor((3/2)^k) = A002379(k) is odd, then a(n) = 2*c(n)-n.

Is a(n)>0? For n large enough does a(n)>sqrt(n) always hold?

Conjecture: asymptotically, a(n) ~ C * Log(n)^2 with C = 1.4.....

LINKS

Robert G. Wilson v, Graph of first 100000 terms

FORMULA

a(n) = (-1)*sum( i=1, n, (-1)^A002379 (i) )

MATHEMATICA

a[0] = 0; a[n_] := a[n] = a[n - 1] - (-1)^Floor[(3/2)^n]; Table[ a[n], {n, 0, 95}]

PROGRAM

(PARI) a(n)=-sum(i=1, n, sign((-1)^floor((3/2)^i)))

(PARI) a(n)=n-2*sum(k=0, n, if(floor((3/2)^k)%2, 0, 1))

CROSSREFS

Cf. A072418.

Sequence in context: A017861 A094700 A073635 this_sequence A102730 A165597 A099033

Adjacent sequences: A071529 A071530 A071531 this_sequence A071533 A071534 A071535

KEYWORD

easy,nonn

AUTHOR

Benoit Cloitre (benoit7848c(AT)orange.fr), Jun 20 2002

EXTENSIONS

Edited by Ralf Stephan, Sep 01 2004

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