G.f.: A(x) = 1 + x + 2*x^2 + 4*x^3 + 9*x^4 + 20*x^5 + 46*x^6 + 104*x^7 + 238*x^8 + 540*x^9 + 1228*x^10 +...
Illustration of the definition.
R1 = (A(x) - x)^(1/2);
R2 = ((A(x) - x)^(1/2) - x^2)^(1/2);
R3 = (((A(x) - x)^(1/2) - x^2)^(1/2) - x^3)^(1/2);
R4 = ((((A(x) - x)^(1/2) - x^2)^(1/2) - x^3)^(1/2) - x^4)^(1/2);
R5 = (((((A(x) - x)^(1/2) - x^2)^(1/2) - x^3)^(1/2) - x^4)^(1/2) - x^5)^(1/2); ...
where the above series begin:
R1 = 1 + x^2 + 2*x^3 + 4*x^4 + 8*x^5 + 17*x^6 + 36*x^7 + 78*x^8 + 168*x^9 + 364*x^10 + 786*x^11 + 1700*x^12 +...
R2 = 1 + x^3 + 2*x^4 + 4*x^5 + 8*x^6 + 16*x^7 + 33*x^8 + 68*x^9 + 142*x^10 + 296*x^11 + 620*x^12 + 1296*x^13 +...
R3 = 1 + x^4 + 2*x^5 + 4*x^6 + 8*x^7 + 16*x^8 + 32*x^9 + 65*x^10 + 132*x^11 + 270*x^12 + 552*x^13 + 1132*x^14 +...
R4 = 1 + x^5 + 2*x^6 + 4*x^7 + 8*x^8 + 16*x^9 + 32*x^10 + 64*x^11 + 129*x^12 + 260*x^13 + 526*x^14 + 1064*x^15 +...
R5 = 1 + x^6 + 2*x^7 + 4*x^8 + 8*x^9 + 16*x^10 + 32*x^11 + 64*x^12 + 128*x^13 + 257*x^14 + 516*x^15 + 1038*x^16 +...
etc., so that 1 is obtained as a limit.
GENERATING METHOD.
The g.f. of this sequence can be obtained as a limit, as n grows, of the following process: start with 1 + x^n, then square the result and add x^(n-1), then square the result and add x^(n-2), then continue in this way until you reach x^1; this process is illustrated at n=6 as follows:
S6 = 1 + x^6,
S5 = S6^2 + x^5 = 1 + x^5 + 2*x^6 + x^12,
S4 = S5^2 + x^4 = 1 + x^4 + 2*x^5 + 4*x^6 + x^10 + 4*x^11 + 6*x^12 + 2*x^17 +...,
S3 = S4^2 + x^3 = 1 + x^3 + 2*x^4 + 4*x^5 + 8*x^6 + x^8 + 4*x^9 + 14*x^10 +...,
S2 = S3^2 + x^2 = 1 + x^2 + 2*x^3 + 4*x^4 + 8*x^5 + 17*x^6 + 4*x^7 + 14*x^8 + 40*x^9 + 76*x^10 +...,
S1 = S2^2 + x = 1 + x + 2*x^2 + 4*x^3 + 9*x^4 + 20*x^5 + 46*x^6 + 40*x^7 + 110*x^8 + 220*x^9 + 396*x^10 +...,
which matches the g.f. A(x) up to x^6.
RELATED SERIES.
Note that the bisections are self-convolutions of integer sequences:
sqrt( (A(x) + A(-x))/2 ) = 1 + x^2 + 4*x^4 + 19*x^6 + 92*x^8 + 446*x^10 + 2150*x^12 + 10280*x^14 + 48761*x^16 + 229558*x^18 + 1073278*x^20 + 4986624*x^22 + 23037102*x^24 + 105877968*x^26 + 484337300*x^28 +...+ A275751(n)*x^(2*n) +...
sqrt( x*(A(x) - A(-x))/2 ) = x + 2*x^3 + 8*x^5 + 36*x^7 + 166*x^9 + 770*x^11 + 3574*x^13 + 16560*x^15 + 76516*x^17 + 352498*x^19 + 1619014*x^21 + 7414134*x^23 + 33855996*x^25 + 154181234*x^27 + 700333366*x^29 +...+ A275752(n)*x^(2*n+1) +...
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