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A093682
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Array T(m,n) by antidiagonals: nonarithmetic-3-progression sequences with simple closed forms.
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16
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1, 2, 1, 4, 3, 1, 5, 4, 4, 1, 10, 6, 5, 7, 1, 11, 10, 8, 8, 10, 1, 13, 12, 10, 10, 11, 19, 1, 14, 13, 13, 11, 13, 20, 28, 1, 28, 15, 14, 16, 14, 22, 29, 55, 1, 29, 28, 17, 17, 20, 23, 31, 56, 82, 1, 31, 30, 28, 20, 22, 28, 32, 58, 83, 163, 1, 32, 31, 31, 28, 23, 29, 37, 59, 85
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OFFSET
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0,2
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COMMENTS
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The nonarithmetic-3-progression sequences starting with a(1)=1, a(2)=1+3^m or 1+2*3^m, m >= 0, seem to have especially simple 'closed' forms. None of these formulas have been proved, however.
T(m,1)=1, T(m,2) = 1 + (1 + [m even])*3^floor(m/2) = 1 + A038754(m), m >= 0, n > 0; T(m,n) is least k such that no three terms of T(m,1), T(m,2), ..., T(m,n-1), k form an arithmetic progression.
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FORMULA
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T(m, n) = (Sum_{k=1..n-1} (3^A007814(k) + 1)/2) + f(n), with f(n) a P-periodic function, where P <= 2^floor((m+3)/2) (conjectured and checked up to m=13, n=1000).
The formula implies that T(m, n) = b(n-1) where b(2n) = 3b(n) + p(n), b(2n+1) = 3b(n) + q(n), with p, q sequences generated by rational o.g.f.s.
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EXAMPLE
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Array begins:
1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 11, 13, ...
1, 3, 4, 6, 10, 12, 13, ...
1, 4, 5, 8, 10, 13, 14, ...
1, 7, 8, 10, 11, 16, 17, ...
1, 10, 11, 13, 14, 20, 22, ...
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approved
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