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A103299
Number of optimal rulers with n segments (n>=0).
4
1, 1, 2, 2, 4, 6, 12, 4, 6, 2, 2, 4, 12, 4, 2, 2, 2, 2, 4, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 4
OFFSET
0,3
COMMENTS
For definitions, references and links related to complete rulers see A103294.
LINKS
F. Schwartau, Y. Schröder, L. Wolf and J. Schoebel, MRLA search results and source code, Nov 6 2020.
F. Schwartau, Y. Schröder, L. Wolf and J. Schoebel, Large Minimum Redundancy Linear Arrays: Systematic Search of Perfect and Optimal Rulers Exploiting Parallel Processing, IEEE Open Journal of Antennas and Propagation, 2 (2021), 79-85.
FORMULA
a(n) = A103300(A004137(n+1)).
EXAMPLE
a(5)=6 counts the optimal rulers with 5 segments, {[0,1,6,9,11,13], [0,2,4,7,12,13], [0,1,4,5,11,13], [0,2,8,9,12,13], [0,1,2,6,10,13], [0,3,7,11,12,13]}.
CROSSREFS
Cf. A103296 (Complete rulers with n segments), A103301 (Perfect rulers with n segments).
Sequence in context: A000672 A129860 A115868 * A278246 A195204 A318847
KEYWORD
nonn,hard,more
AUTHOR
Peter Luschny, Feb 28 2005
EXTENSIONS
Terms a(20)-a(24) proved by exhaustive search by Fabian Schwartau, Yannic Schröder, Lars Wolf, Joerg Schoebel, Feb 22 2021
STATUS
approved