Golomb's self-describing sequence
June 05, 2011
The Golomb's self-describing sequence {G(n)} is the only nondecreasing sequence of natural numbers such that n appears exactly G(n) times in the sequence. The values of G(n) for the first few n are
| n | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | … |
| G(n) | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | … |
You are given that G(103) = 86, G(106) = 6137. You are also given that ΣG(n3) = 153506976 for 1 ≤ n < 103.
Find ΣG(n3) for 1 ≤ n < 106.
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