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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2></FONT> </DIV></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT size=2>... of this sequence, are the sequence
itself:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT
size=2>1,3,2,6,4,12,8,24,16,48,32,96,64,192,128,384,256,768,512,1536,1024,3072,
...</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT size=2>This is always true if you interleave sequences (1)
and (2) like that:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT size=2>(1) a 2a 4a 8a 16a
32a 64a 128a ...</FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT size=2>(2) b</FONT> <FONT size=2>2b
4b 8b 16b 32b 64b 128b ...</FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT size=2>Above, we have a=1 and b=3</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT size=2>The sequence is a mix of </FONT><FONT
size=2>A000079:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT
size=2>1,2,4,8,16,32,64,128,256,512,1024,2048,4096,8192,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT size=2>and A007283:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT size=2>3,6,12,24,48,96,
192,384,768,1536,3072,6144,12288,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT size=2>... which are both their own first
differences.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT size=2>Is this old hat?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT size=2>----------------</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT size=2>The sequence below is it's own |fourth absolute
differences| :</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT size=2>1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 4 4 4 4 8 8 8 8 16 16 16 16 32 32 32
32 64 64 64 64 ...</FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT size=2>I'm looking for less trivial ones...</FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT size=2>Best,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT size=2>E.</FONT></DIV>
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