OFFSET
0,5
COMMENTS
Number of trailing zeros in the binary representation of n, minus one if n is not a power of two.
a(0) = 0 by convention. - Antti Karttunen, Sep 27 2018
LINKS
FORMULA
a(0)=0, a(2n) = a(n) + 1, a(2n+1) = -1 + [n==0].
G.f.: sum(k>=0, t^2/(1+t), t=x^2^k).
PROG
(PARI) a(n)=if(!n, n, (valuation(n, 2)+(2^valuation(n, 2)==n)-1)); \\ Check for n=0 added by Antti Karttunen, Sep 27 2018
(PARI) a(n)=if(n<1, 0, if(n%2==0, a(n/2)+1, -1+(((n-1)/2)==0)))
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
sign,easy
AUTHOR
Ralf Stephan, Oct 30 2003
EXTENSIONS
STATUS
approved