OFFSET
0,3
COMMENTS
Each nonnegative integer has 2 unique representations as sums of distinct positive tribonacci numbers (A000073): 1, 2, 4, 7, 13, 24, ...: the minimal (or greedy, A278038) representation in which there are no 3 consecutive 1's (i.e., no 3 consecutive tribonacci numbers appear in the sum), and the maximal (or lazy) representation of n in which no 3 consecutive 0's appear.
LINKS
Amiram Eldar, Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..10000
EXAMPLE
a(5) = 101 = 4 + 1.
a(6) = 110 = 4 + 2.
a(7) = 111 = 4 + 2 + 1.
MATHEMATICA
t[1] = 1; t[2] = 2; t[3] = 4; t[n_] := t[n] = t[n - 1] + t[n - 2] + t[n - 3]; trib[n_] := Module[{s = {}, m = n, k}, While[m > 0, k = 1; While[t[k] <= m, k++]; k--; AppendTo[s, k]; m -= t[k]; k = 1]; IntegerDigits[Total[2^(s - 1)], 2]]; a[n_] := Module[{v = trib[n]}, nv = Length[v]; i = 1; While[i <= nv - 3, If[v[[i ;; i + 3]] == {1, 0, 0, 0}, v[[i ;; i + 3]] = {0, 1, 1, 1}; If[i > 3, i -= 4]]; i++]; i = Position[v, _?(# > 0 &)]; If[i == {}, 0, FromDigits[v[[i[[1, 1]] ;; -1]]]]]; Array[a, 100, 0]
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn,base
AUTHOR
Amiram Eldar, Mar 05 2022
STATUS
approved