Subject: Hofstadter Sequence (G"odel Escher Bach) 1,1,2,3,3,4,5,5,6,6,6,8,8,8,10,9,10,11,11,12,12,12,12, 16,14,14,16,16,16,16,20,17,17,20,21,19,20,... Recursion: a(1)=a(2)=1, a(n) = a(n-a(n-1)) + a(n-a(n-2)) for n>2 Asymptotic: a(n) = n/2 + o(n) HOS: Hofstadter Sequence: HOS a(1)=a(2)=1, a(n) = a(n-a(n-1)) + a(n-a(n-2)) HOS- E31, R. K. Guy, Unsolved problems in number theory, 1981, 1 Ref HOS- S. M. Tanny, A well-behaved cousin of the Hofstadter sequence, HOS Disc. Math. 105 (1992) 227-239 HOS- Conway's Challenge Sequence, AMM 98 (1991) 5-20, 99 (1992) 563-564 HOS- Conway's Challange, AMM 100 (1993) 396-397 HOS- -Tal Kubo kubo@math.harvard.edu or kubo@zariski.harvard.edu HOS A draft of the article is available (in AMSLaTeX format). Interested HOS parties should contact me by e-mail. <- Conway's Challenge Sequence