A257885 Sequence (a(n)) generated by Algorithm (in Comments) with a(1) = 0 and d(1) = 2.

0, 1, 4, 2, 6, 3, 8, 7, 13, 5, 12, 20, 9, 18, 11, 21, 15, 10, 22, 33, 14, 27, 17, 31, 16, 32, 19, 34, 25, 42, 24, 43, 23, 41, 29, 49, 26, 47, 30, 52, 28, 51, 35, 59, 37, 62, 36, 63, 38, 64, 50, 46, 74, 39, 68, 40, 70, 101, 44, 76, 45, 78, 48, 82, 53, 88, 54

Offset

1,3

Comments

Algorithm: For k >= 1, let A(k) = {a(1), …, a(k)} and D(k) = {d(1), …, d(k)}. Begin with k = 1 and nonnegative integers a(1) and d(1). Let h be the least integer > -a(k) such that h is not in D(k) and a(k) + h is not in A(k). Let a(k+1) = a(k) + h and d(k+1) = h. Replace k by k+1 and repeat inductively.

Conjecture: if a(1) is an nonnegative integer and d(1) is an integer, then (a(n)) is a permutation of the nonnegative integers (if a(1) = 0) or a permutation of the positive integers (if a(1) > 0). Moreover, (d(n)) is a permutation of the integers if d(1) = 0, or of the nonzero integers if d(1) > 0.

See A257883 for a guide to related sequences.

Links

Clark Kimberling, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..1000

Formula

a(k+1) - a(k) = d(k+1) for k >= 1.

Example

a(1) = 0, d(1) = 2;
a(2) = 1, d(2) = 1;
a(3) = 4, d(3) = 3;
a(4) = 2, d(4) = -2.

Mathematica

a[1] = 0; d[1] = 2; k = 1; z = 10000; zz = 120;
A[k_] := Table[a[i], {i, 1, k}]; diff[k_] := Table[d[i], {i, 1, k}];
c[k_] := Complement[Range[-z, z], diff[k]];
T[k_] := -a[k] + Complement[Range[z], A[k]]
Table[{h = Min[Intersection[c[k], T[k]]], a[k + 1] = a[k] + h,
   d[k + 1] = h, k = k + 1}, {i, 1, zz}];
u = Table[a[k], {k, 1, zz}]  (* A257885 *)
Table[d[k], {k, 1, zz}] (* A257902 *)

Crossrefs

Cf. A257902, A257883, A257705.

Sequence in context: A129131 A237056 A285296 * A257908 A349491 A097467

Adjacent sequences: A257882 A257883 A257884 * A257886 A257887 A257888

Keyword

nonn,easy

Author

Clark Kimberling, May 13 2015

Status

approved