[seqfan] Re: Subtracting or adding n to a(n-1)

[David Wilson]

Another interesting project:

Look at the graph of Recaman. There are clear visual "arcs".

Let r = Recaman. I am guessing you could define an arc sequence as follows:

a(n) =
0, if n = 0
a(n-1)+1 if r(n) = r(n-1)+n <=> r(n) > r(n-1)
a(n-1)-1 if r(n) = r(n-1)-n <=> r(n) < r(n-1)

Then a(n) tells you which Recaman arc r(n) lies on.

It might be interesting to explore the arc properties, their starts and 
ends and maxima, etc.