Alberto Monteiro wrote:
>
> Doug Pensinger wrote:
> >
> > >> 1
> > >> 11
> > >> 21
> > >> 1211
> > 111221
>
> Not enough data to extrapolate the rule, but it could be
>
> 2113211 or 3113211 or 211121211 or 221121211
>
> then
>
> 1221131221 or 1321131221 or 1221112111221 or 12122112111221
>
> The problem with first two rules would come when the
> algorithm requires a digit greater than 9. So maybe the
> simplest rule is the third or fourth
>
> Maia per Lamai Maru
>
> Alberto Monteiro
You want to give us a hint as to what kind of rule
you think it is? There are of course an infinite number of
possible rules for any finite initial sequence.
---David
By the way, it is easy to show that the answer the rest of think
is right will never need a digit greater than 3.
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