OFFSET
1,2
COMMENTS
See A079301 for the definition of a Brauer addition chain.
LINKS
Giovanni Resta, Tables of Shortest Addition Chains, computed by David W. Wilson.
EXAMPLE
a(3)=3 because there exist 3 different non-Brauer shortest addition chains for n=A118845(3)=21: [1 2 4 5 8 13 21] and [1 2 4 5 8 16 21] with 8=4+4 (5 not part of sum), [1 2 4 8 9 12 21] with 12=8+4 (9 not part of sum).
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
Hugo Pfoertner, May 01 2006
STATUS
approved