A well-behaved cousin of the Hofstadter sequence (Q1199490)
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A well-behaved cousin of the Hofstadter sequence (English)
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16 January 1993
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Let \(T(n)\) be a sequence of integers, defined by the recursion \(T(n)=T(n- 1-T(n-1))+T(n-2-T(n-2))\) for \(n>2\) with \(T(0)=T(1)=T(2)=1\). The treatment of the sequences similar than this is hard in general, as we know very little about them. So the results about the sequence \(T(n)\) obtained in the present paper are very interesting. Among others the author proves that \(T(n+1)=T(n)\) or \(T(n)+1\) for any \(n>0\); there are exactly \(x+2\) consecutive integers \(n\) for which \(T(n)=2^ x\); furthermore \(T(n)/n\to 1/2\) as \(n\to\infty\).
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Hofstadter sequence
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recursive sequence of integers
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