OFFSET
0,2
COMMENTS
Informally, write down 1 followed by 2^k 2^(k-1) times, for k = 1,2,3,4,... These are the denominators of the binary van der Corput sequence (see A030101 for the numerators). - N. J. A. Sloane, Dec 01 2019
a(n) is the denominator of the form 2^k needed to make the ratio (2n-1)/2^k lie in the interval [1-2], i.e. such ratios are 1/1, 3/2, 5/4, 7/4, 9/8, 11/8, 13/8, 15/8, 17/16, 19/16, 21/16, ... where the numerators are A005408 (The odd numbers).
Let A_n be the upper triangular matrix in the group GL(n,2) that has zero entries below the diagonal and 1 elsewhere. For example for n=4 the matrix is / 1,1,1,1 / 0,1,1,1 / 0,0,1,1 / 0,0,0,1 /. The order of this matrix as an element of GL(n,2) is a(n-1). - Ahmed Fares (ahmedfares(AT)my-deja.com), Jul 14 2001
A006257(n)/a(n) = (0, 0.1, 0.01, 0.11, 0.001, ...) enumerates all binary fractions in the unit interval [0, 1). - Fredrik Johansson, Aug 14 2006
a(n) = maximum of row n+1 in A240769. - Reinhard Zumkeller, Apr 13 2014
This is the discriminator sequence for the odious numbers. - N. J. A. Sloane, May 10 2016
LINKS
Harry J. Smith, Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..1000
L. K. Arnold, S. J. Benkoski and B. J. McCabe, The discriminator (a simple application of Bertrand's postulate). Amer. Math. Monthly 92 (1985), 275-277.
Sajed Haque, Chapter 2.6.1 of Discriminators of Integer Sequences, 2017, See p. 33.
S. Haque and J. Shallit, Discriminators and k-regular sequences, arXiv:1605.00092 [cs.DM], 2016.
Dana G. Korssjoen, Biyao Li, Stefan Steinerberger, Raghavendra Tripathi, and Ruimin Zhang, Finding structure in sequences of real numbers via graph theory: a problem list, arXiv:2012.04625, Dec 08, 2020
Ralf Stephan, Some divide-and-conquer sequences ...
Ralf Stephan, Table of generating functions
FORMULA
a(1) = 1 and a(n+1) = a(n)*ceiling(n/a(n)). - Benoit Cloitre, Aug 17 2002
G.f.: 1/(1-x) * (1 + Sum_{k>=0} 2^k*x^2^k). - Ralf Stephan, Apr 18 2003
a(n) = A142151(2*n)/2 + 1. - Reinhard Zumkeller, Jul 15 2008
log(a(n))/log(2) = A029837(n+1). - Johannes W. Meijer, Jul 06 2009
a(n+1) = a(n) + A099894(n). - Reinhard Zumkeller, Aug 06 2009
a(n) is the smallest power of 2 > n. - Chai Wah Wu, Nov 04 2016
a(n) = 2^ceiling(log_2(n+1)). - M. F. Hasler, Sep 20 2017
MAPLE
[seq(2^(floor_log_2(j)+1), j=0..127)]; or [seq(coerce1st_octave((2*j)+1), j=0..127)]; or [seq(a(j), j=0..127)];
coerce1st_octave := proc(r) option remember; if(r < 1) then coerce1st_octave(2*r); else if(r >= 2) then coerce1st_octave(r/2); else (r); fi; fi; end;
A062383 := proc(n)
option remember;
if n = 0 then
1 ;
else
2*procname(floor(n/2));
end if;
end proc:
A062383 := n -> 1 + Bits:-Iff(n, n):
seq(A062383(n), n=0..69); # Peter Luschny, Sep 23 2019
MATHEMATICA
a[n_] := a[n] = 2 a[n/2 // Floor]; a[0] = 1; Table[a[n], {n, 0, 100}] (* Jean-François Alcover, Mar 04 2016 *)
Table[2^Floor[Log2[n] + 1], {n, 0, 20}] (* Eric W. Weisstein, Nov 17 2017 *)
2^Floor[Log2[Range[0, 20]] + 1] (* Eric W. Weisstein, Nov 17 2017 *)
PROG
(PARI) { a=1; for (n=0, 1000, write("b062383.txt", n, " ", a*=ceil((n + 1)/a)) ) } \\ Harry J. Smith, Aug 06 2009
(PARI) a(n)=1<<(log(2*n+1)\log(2)) \\ Charles R Greathouse IV, Dec 08 2011
(Haskell)
import Data.List (transpose)
a062383 n = a062383_list !! n
a062383_list = 1 : zs where
zs = 2 : (map (* 2) $ concat $ transpose [zs, zs])
-- Reinhard Zumkeller, Aug 27 2014, Mar 13 2014
(Magma) [2^Floor(Log(2, 2*n+1)): n in [0..70]]; // Bruno Berselli, Mar 04 2016
(Python)
def A062383(n): return 1 << n.bit_length() # Chai Wah Wu, Jun 30 2022
CROSSREFS
Apart from the initial term, A062383[n] = 2* A053644[n]. MASKTRANSi(A062383) seems to give a signed form of A038712. (See identities at A053644). floor_log_2 given in A054429.
Equals for n>=1 the r(n) sequence of A160464. - Johannes W. Meijer, May 24 2009
Equals the r(n) sequence of A162440 for n>=1. - Johannes W. Meijer, Jul 06 2009
Discriminator of the odious numbers (A000069). - Jeffrey Shallit, May 08 2016
KEYWORD
nonn,frac,easy
AUTHOR
Antti Karttunen, Jun 19 2001
STATUS
editing