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A042964
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Numbers that are congruent to 2 or 3 mod 4.
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34
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2, 3, 6, 7, 10, 11, 14, 15, 18, 19, 22, 23, 26, 27, 30, 31, 34, 35, 38, 39, 42, 43, 46, 47, 50, 51, 54, 55, 58, 59, 62, 63, 66, 67, 70, 71, 74, 75, 78, 79, 82, 83, 86, 87, 90, 91, 94, 95, 98, 99, 102, 103, 106, 107, 110, 111, 114, 115, 118, 119, 122, 123, 126, 127
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OFFSET
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1,1
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COMMENTS
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Partial sums of the sequence 2, 1, 3, 1, 3, 1, 3, 1, 3, 1, ... which has period 2. - Hieronymus Fischer, Oct 20 2007
In groups of four add and divide by two the odd and even numbers. - George E. Antoniou, Dec 12 2001
Comments on the "mystery calculator". There are 6 cards.
Card 0: 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, 25, 27, 29, 31, 33, 35, 37, 39, ... (A005408 sequence).
Card 1: 2, 3, 6, 7, 10, 11, 14, 15, 18, 19, 22, 23, 26, 27, 30, 31, 34, 35, 38, 39, ... (this sequence).
Card 2: 4, 5, 6, 7, 12, 13, 14, 15, 20, 21, 22, 23, 28, 29, 30, 31, 36, 37, 38, 39, ... (A047566).
Card 3: 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 40, 41, 42, ... (A115419).
Card 4: 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 48, 49, 50, ... (A115420).
Card 5: 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, ... (A115421).
The trick: You secretly select a number between 1 and 63 from one of the cards. You indicate to me the cards on which that number appears; I tell you the number you selected!
The solution: I add together the first term from each of the indicated cards. The total equals the selected number. The numbers in each sequence all have a "1" in the same position in their binary expansion. Example: You indicate cards 1, 3 and 5. Your selected number is 2 + 8 + 32 = 42.
In general, sequences of numbers congruent to {a,a+i} mod k will have a closed form of (k-2*i)*(2*n-1+(-1)^n)/4+i*n+a, from offset 0. - Gary Detlefs, Oct 29 2013
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LINKS
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FORMULA
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G.f.: x*(2+x+x^2)/((1-x)*(1-x^2)).
a(n) = a(n-1) + 2 + (-1)^n. (End)
a(n) = 2n if n is odd, otherwise n = 2n - 1. - Amarnath Murthy, Oct 16 2003
a(n) = (3 + (-1)^(n-1))/2 + 2*(n-1) = 2n + 2 - (n mod 2). - Hieronymus Fischer, Oct 20 2007
a(n) = 2*n + ((-1)^(n-1) - 1)/2. - Gary Detlefs, Oct 29 2013
Sum_{n>=1} (-1)^(n+1)/a(n) = Pi/8 - log(2)/4. - Amiram Eldar, Dec 05 2021
E.g.f.: 1 + ((4*x - 1)*exp(x) - exp(-x))/2. - David Lovler, Aug 08 2022
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MAPLE
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MATHEMATICA
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Select[Range[200], MemberQ[{2, 3}, Mod[#, 4]]&] (* or *) LinearRecurrence[ {1, 1, -1}, {2, 3, 6}, 90] (* Harvey P. Dale, Nov 28 2018 *)
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PROG
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(PARI) a(n)=2*n+2-n%2
(Magma) [2*n+((-1)^(n-1)-1)/2 : n in [1..100]]; // Wesley Ivan Hurt, Oct 13 2015
(PARI) Vec((2+x+x^2)/((1-x)*(1-x^2)) + O(x^100)) \\ Altug Alkan, Oct 13 2015
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CROSSREFS
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KEYWORD
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nonn,easy
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EXTENSIONS
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STATUS
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approved
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