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A091844 a(1) = 4. To get a(n+1), write the string a(1)a(2)...a(n) as xy^k for words x and y (where y has positive length) and k is maximized, i.e. k = the maximal number of repeating blocks at the end of the sequence so far. Then a(n+1) = max(k,4). +0
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4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 5, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 5, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 5, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 5, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 5, 5, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 5, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 5, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 5, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 5, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 5, 5, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 5, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 5, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 5, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 5, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 5, 5, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 5 (list; graph; listen)
OFFSET

1,1

COMMENT

Here xy^k means the concatenation of the words x and k copies of y.

LINKS

F. J. van de Bult, D. C. Gijswijt, J. P. Linderman, N. J. A. Sloane and A. R. Wilks, A Slow-Growing Sequence Defined by an Unusual Recurrence, J. Integer Sequences, Vol. 10 (2007), #07.1.2.

F. J. van de Bult, D. C. Gijswijt, J. P. Linderman, N. J. A. Sloane and A. R. Wilks, A Slow-Growing Sequence Defined by an Unusual Recurrence [pdf, ps].

CROSSREFS

Cf. A090822, A091787, A091799, A091845.

Sequence in context: A165919 A035637 A001736 this_sequence A007208 A103276 A059190

Adjacent sequences: A091841 A091842 A091843 this_sequence A091845 A091846 A091847

KEYWORD

nonn

AUTHOR

N. J. A. Sloane (njas(AT)research.att.com), Mar 10 2004

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