OFFSET
1
COMMENTS
Iterates of the mapping, starting with 00:
00
1000
0101000
00100101000
100001000100101000
01010000010100001000100101000
00100101000100001001010000010100001000100101000
The 2-limiting word is the limit of the n-th iterates for n == 2 mod 3.
The number of letters (0's and 1's) in the n-th iterate is given by A288219(n), for n >= 0.
LINKS
Clark Kimberling, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..10000
EXAMPLE
The first two n-th iterates for n == 1 mod 3:
0101000
01010000010100001000100101000
MATHEMATICA
s = {0, 0}; w[0] = StringJoin[Map[ToString, s]];
w[n_] := StringReplace[w[n - 1], {"00" -> "1000", "10" -> "010"}]
Table[w[n], {n, 0, 8}]
st = ToCharacterCode[w[20]] - 48 (* A288223 *)
Flatten[Position[st, 0]] (* A288224 *)
Flatten[Position[st, 1]] (* A288225 *)
Table[StringLength[w[n]], {n, 0, 30}] (* A288219 *)
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn,easy
AUTHOR
Clark Kimberling, Jun 19 2017
STATUS
approved