Fractal Sequences

• Published in 1999
• Added on 2019-08-21

Fractal sequences have in common with the more familiar geometric fractals the property of self-containment. An example of a fractal sequence is 1, 1, 2, 1, 3, 2, 4, 1, 5, 3, 6, 2, 7, 4, 8, 1, 9, 5, 10, 3, 11, 6, 12, 2, 13, 7, 14, 4, 15, 8, . . . If you delete the first occurrence of each positive integer, you'll see that the remaining sequence is the same as the original. (So, if you do it again and again, you always get the same sequence.)

Links

• https://faculty.evansville.edu/ck6/integer/fractals.html

Other information

BibTeX entry

@online{FractalSequences,
	key = {FractalSequences},
	type = {online},
	title = {Fractal Sequences},
	author = {Clark Kimberling},
	abstract = { Fractal sequences have in common with the more familiar geometric fractals the property of self-containment. An example of a fractal sequence is

1, 1, 2, 1, 3, 2, 4, 1, 5, 3, 6, 2, 7, 4, 8, 1, 9, 5, 10, 3, 11, 6, 12, 2, 13, 7, 14, 4, 15, 8, . . .

If you delete the first occurrence of each positive integer, you'll see that the remaining sequence is the same as the original. (So, if you do it again and again, you always get the same sequence.)},
	comment = {},
	date_added = {2019-08-21},
	date_published = {1999-12-07},
	urls = {https://faculty.evansville.edu/ck6/integer/fractals.html},
	collections = {Easily explained,Fun maths facts,Integerology,Puzzles},
	url = {https://faculty.evansville.edu/ck6/integer/fractals.html},
	year = 1999,
	urldate = {2019-08-21}
}