A373229 - OEIS

A373229

Relative of Hofstadter Q-sequence: a(n) = n for 1 <= n <= 9; a(n) = a(n-a(n-1)) + a(n-a(n-2)) + a(n-a(n-3)) for n > 9.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 6, 10, 11, 12, 9, 13, 14, 15, 12, 16, 17, 18, 15, 19, 20, 17, 22, 18, 22, 24, 25, 22, 21, 29, 28, 22, 24, 34, 27, 29, 28, 32, 27, 37, 33, 31, 34, 35, 36, 34, 36, 41, 36, 41, 36, 41, 43, 41, 43, 40, 48, 42, 41, 46, 46, 52, 43, 51, 46, 53, 51, 46, 56, 48

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OFFSET

1,2

COMMENTS

Similar to A278055 but with different starting values.

Much like the Hofstadter Q-sequence A005185, it is not known if this sequence is defined for all positive n.

a(n) exists for n <= 3*10^7.

LINKS

Nathan Fox, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..10000

MATHEMATICA

a[n_] := a[n] = If[0 < n < 10, n, a[n-a[n-1]] + a[n-a[n-2]] + a[n-a[n-3]]];

Array[a, 100] (* Paolo Xausa, May 31 2024 *)