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A140101
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Start with Y(0)=0, X(1)=1, Y(1)=2. For n > 1, choose least positive integers Y(n) > X(n) such that neither Y(n) nor X(n) appear in {Y(k), 1 <= k < n} or {X(k), 1 <= k < n} and such that Y(n)-X(n) does not appear in {Y(k)-X(k), 1 <= k < n} or {Y(k)+X(k), 1 <= k < n}; sequence gives Y(n) (for X(n) see A140100).
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0, 2, 5, 8, 11, 13, 16, 19, 22, 25, 28, 31, 33, 36, 39, 42, 45, 48, 50, 53, 56, 59, 62, 65, 68, 70, 73, 76, 79, 81, 84, 87, 90, 93, 96, 99, 101, 104, 107, 110, 113, 116, 118, 121, 124, 127, 130, 133, 136, 138, 141, 144, 147, 150, 153, 156, 158, 161, 164, 167, 170, 173
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OFFSET
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0,2
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COMMENTS
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Sequence A140100 = {X(n), n >= 1} is the complement of the current sequence, while the sequence of differences, A140102 = {Y(n)-X(n), n >= 1}, forms the complement of the sequence of sums, A140103 = {Y(n)+X(n), n >= 1}.
Compare with A140099(n) = [n*(1+t)], a Beatty sequence involving the tribonacci constant t = t^3 - t^2 - 1 = 1.83928675521416113255...
Comments from N. J. A. Sloane, Aug 30 2016: (Start) This is the same problem as the "Greedy Queens in a spiral" problem described in A273059. In A273059 the queens come in sets of 4, each set of 4 being on the same shell around the central square.
a(n) specifies the shell number for the successive sets of 4 (taking the central square to be shell 0, the 8 squares around the center to be shell 1, etc.).
For example, the queens at squares 9, 13, 17, 21 in the spiral (terms A273059(2)-A273059(5)) are all on shell a(1) = 2. The next four queens, at squares 82, 92, 102, 112, are on shell a(2) = 5.
The four "spokes" in A273059 are given in A275916-A275919. The precise connection with the current sequence is that a(n) = nearest integer to (1 + sqrt(A275917(n-1)+1))/2.
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Conjecture: a(n) = A003144(n) + n. (This is from my notebook Lattices 115 page 20 from Oct 25 2016. It is now a theorem - see the Dekking et al. paper.) - N. J. A. Sloane, Jul 22 2019
The sequence is "Tribonacci-synchronized"; this means there is a finite automaton recognizing the Tribonacci representation of (n,a(n)) input in parallel, where a shorter input is padded with leading zeros. This finite automaton has 23 states and was verified with Walnut. In particular this finite automaton and a similar one for A140101 was used to verify that (conjecture of J. Cassaigne) either a(b(n)) = a(n)+b(n) or b(a(n)) = a(n)+b(n) for all n>=1, where b(n) = A140100(n). - Jeffrey Shallit, Oct 04 2022
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REFERENCES
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Robbert Fokkink, Gerard Francis Ortega, Dan Rust, Corner the Empress, arXiv:2204.11805. See Table 3.
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FORMULA
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CONJECTURE: the limit of a(n)/n = 1+t and limit of X(n)/n = 1+1/t so that limit of a(n)/X(n) = t = tribonacci constant (A058265), and thus the limit of [a(n) + X(n)]/[a(n) - X(n)] = t^2 and the limit of [a(n)^2 + X(n)^2]/[a(n)^2 - X(n)^2] = t.
Conjectured recursion: Take first differences: 3, 3, 3, 2, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 2, ... (appears to consist of only 3's and 2's); list the run lengths: 3, 1, 6, 1, 5, 1, 6, 1, 3, 1, 6, 1, 5, 1, 6, 1, ... {it appears that every second term is 1 and the other terms are 3, 5, and 6); and bisect, getting 3, 6, 5, 6, 3, 6, 5, 6, 6, 5, 6, 3, 6, ... This is (although I do not have a proof) the recursively defined A275925. Thanks to Alois P. Heinz for providing enough terms of A273059 to enable a (morally) convincing check of this conjecture. - N. J. A. Sloane, Aug 30 2016
This conjecture can be reformulated as follows (cf. A140100).
The first differences of (a(n)) = (Y(n)) as a word are given by
3 delta(x),
where x is the tribonacci word x = A092782, and delta is the morphism
1 -> 3333332,
2 -> 333332,
3 -> 3332.
This conjecture implies the frequency conjecture above: let N(i,n) be the number of letters i in a(1)a(2)...a(n). Then simple counting gives
a(7*N(1,n)+6*N(2,n)+4*N(3,n)) = 20*N(1,n)+17*N(2,n)+11*N(3,n), where we neglected the first symbol of a = Y.
It is well known (see, e.g., A092782) that the frequencies of 1, 2 and 3 in x are respectively 1/t, 1/t^2 and 1/t^3. Dividing all the N(i,n) by n, and letting n tend to infinity, we then have to see that
20/t + 17/t^2 + 11/t^3 = (1+t)*(7/t + 6/t^2 + 4/t^3).
This is a simple verification, using t^3 = t^2 + t + 1.
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EXAMPLE
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Start with Y(0)=0, X(1)=1, Y(1)=2 ; Y(1)-X(1)=1, Y(1)+X(1)=3.
Next choose X(2)=3 and Y(2)=5; Y(2)-X(2)=2, Y(2)+X(2)=8.
Next choose X(3)=4 and Y(3)=8; Y(3)-X(3)=4, Y(3)+X(3)=12.
Next choose X(4)=6 and Y(4)=11; Y(4)-X(4)=5, Y(4)+X(4)=17.
Continue to choose the least positive X and Y > X not appearing earlier
such that Y-X and Y+X do not appear earlier as a difference or sum.
This sequence gives the y-coordinates of the positive quadrant in the construction given in the examples for A140100.
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MAPLE
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See link.
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MATHEMATICA
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y[0] = 0; x[1] = 1; y[1] = 2;
y[n_] := y[n] = For[yn = y[n - 1] + 1, True, yn++, For[xn = x[n - 1] + 1, xn < yn, xn++, xx = Array[x, n - 1]; yy = Array[y, n - 1]; If[FreeQ[xx, xn] && FreeQ[xx, yn] && FreeQ[yy, xn] && FreeQ[yy, yn] && FreeQ[yy - xx, yn - xn] && FreeQ[yy + xx, yn - xn], x[n] = xn; Return[yn]]]];
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PROG
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(PARI) /* Print (x, y) coordinates of the positive quadrant */ {X=[1]; Y=[2]; D=[1]; S=[3]; print1("["X[1]", "Y[1]"], "); for(n=1, 100, for(j=2, 2*n, if(setsearch(Set(concat(X, Y)), j)==0, Xt=concat(X, j); for(k=j+1, 3*n, if(setsearch(Set(concat(Xt, Y)), k)==0, if(setsearch(Set(concat(D, S)), k-j)==0, if(setsearch(Set(concat(D, S)), k+j)==0, X=Xt; Y=concat(Y, k); D=concat(D, k-j); S=concat(S, k+j); print1("["X[ #X]", "Y[ #Y]"], "); break); break))))))}
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CROSSREFS
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The indicator function of this sequence is A305386.
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KEYWORD
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nonn
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