A generalization of very odd sequences (Q2341058): Difference between revisions

Summary: Let \(\mathbb N\) be the set of positive integers and \(n\in \mathbb N\). Let \(\mathbf{a}=(a_0,a_1,\dots, a_{n-1})\) be a sequence of length \(n\), with \(a_i\in \{0,1\}\). For \(0\leq k\leq n-1\), let \[ A_k(\mathbf{a})=\underset{_{\substack{ 0\leq i\leq j\leq n-1 \\ j-1=k }}} \sum a_ia_j. \] The sequence \(\mathbf{a}\) is called a very odd sequence if \(A_k(\mathbf{a})\) is odd for all \(0\leq k\leq n-1\). In this paper, we study a generalization of very odd sequences and give a characterisation of these sequences. See \textit{J. Pelikán}, Contribution to ``Problems'', Colloq. Math. Soc. János Bolyai 10, 1549 (1975; Zbl 0293.00009).