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A079351

a(1)=3; for n > 1, a(n) is the smallest integer greater than a(n-1) consistent with the condition "n is in the sequence if and only if a(n) is congruent to 0 (mod 5)".

3, 4, 5, 10, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50, 55, 60, 65, 70, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115

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OFFSET

1,1

COMMENTS

Equivalently: unique monotonic sequence satisfying a(1)=3, a(a(n))=5n.

LINKS

Table of n, a(n) for n=1..65.

B. Cloitre, N. J. A. Sloane and M. J. Vandermast, Numerical analogues of Aronson's sequence, J. Integer Seqs., Vol. 6 (2003), #03.2.2.

B. Cloitre, N. J. A. Sloane and M. J. Vandermast, Numerical analogues of Aronson's sequence (math.NT/0305308)

Index entries for sequences of the a(a(n)) = 2n family

FORMULA

a(3*5^k + j) = 5^(k+1) + 3j + 2|j|, k >= 0, -2*5^k <= j < 2*5^k.