On Sunday, August 26, 2018 at 12:49:16 PM UTC-5, Richard Damon wrote: > On 8/26/18 12:48 PM, Dennis Lee Bieber wrote: > >> The sequence is defined by: > >> > >> For 1 <= n <= 3, a(n) = n; thereafter, a(2n) = a(n) + a(n+1), a(2n-1) = > >> a(n) + a(n-2). > >> > > Confusing explanation -- do you really mean that for n>=4 you are > > returning TWO values? For a(4)..a(19) we have that: 2+3=5, 1+3=4, 3+5=8, 2+5=7, 5+4=9, 3+4=7, 4+8=12, 5+8=13, 8+7=15, 4+7=11, 7+9=16, 8+9=17, 9+7=16, 7+7=14, 7+12=19, 9+12=21.
If so, it is not a strict function. I'd also write it > > as > > I think they intend that a(n) is defined for n being an integer (or > maybe just the Natural Numbers, since it isn't defined for values below 1) > > The two provided definitions provide the recursive definition for even > and odd values. > > I am not sure what 'fractal' property this sequence has that he wants to > display. I'm sorry, let me try to explain: Here is my output: 1, 2, 3, 5, 4, 8, 7, 9, 7, 12, 13, 15, 11, 16, 17, 16, 14, 19, 21, 25, 20, 28, 27, 26, 24, 27, 31, 33, 28, 33, 32, 30, 31, 33, 35, 40, 35, 46, 44, 45, 41, 48, 53, 55, 47, 53, 54, 50, 51, 51, 53, It is an OEIS sequence. I was told this image of the scatterplot emphasizes the 'fractal nature' of my sequence: https://oeis.org/A292575/a292575.png -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list