Integer Sequences Related to the Mandelbrot Set

There are several integer sequences that count features in the Mandelbrot Set:

1, 1, 2, 2, 4, 2, 6, 4, 6, 4, 10, 4, 12, 6, 8, 8, 16, 6, 18, 8, 12, 10, 22, 8, 20, 12, 18, 12, 28, 8, 30, 16, 20, 16, 24, 12, 36, 18, 24, 16, 40, 12, 42, 20, 24, 22, 46, 16, 42, 20, 32, 24, 52, 18, 40, 24, 36, 28, 58, 16, 60, 30, 36, 32, 48, 20, 66, 32, 44, ... Sloane's A000010, the Euler totient function, which counts the number of secondary continental mu-atoms

1, 1, 1, 3, 6, 15, 27, 63, 120, 252, 495, 1023, 2010, 4095, 8127, 16365, 32640, 65535, 130788, 262143, 523770, 1048509, 2096127, 4194303, 8386440, 16777200, 33550335, 67108608, 134209530, 268435455, 536854005, 1073741823, 2147450880, ... Sloane's A000740 (2n-bead balanced binary necklaces), which enumerates the Period-N mu-atoms

1, 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 6, 9, 10, 12, 10, 22, 12, 18, 24, 27, 16, 38, 18, 44, 36, 30, 22, 78, 36, 36, 50, 66, 28, 104, 30, 81, 60, 48, 72, 158, 36, 54, 72, 156, 40, 156, 42, 110, 152, 66, 46, 270, 78, 140, 96, 132, 52, 230, 120, 234, 108, 84, 58, 456, 60, 90, 228, 243, 144, 260, ... Sloane's A006874, Period-N Continental mu-atoms

0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 6, 12, 12, 23, 10, 51, 12, 75, 50, 144, 16, 324, 18, 561, 156, 1043, 22, 2340, 80, 4119, 540, 8307, 28, 17521, 30, 32928, 2096, 65567, 366, 135432, 36, 262179, ... Sloane's A006875, Period-N Non-seed mu-atoms

1, 0, 1, 3, 11, 20, 57, 108, 240, 472, 1013, 1959, 4083, 8052, 16315, 32496, 65519, 130464, 262125, 523209, 1048353, 2095084, 4194281, 8384100, 16777120, ... Sloane's A006876, Period-N mu-molecules

All of these sequences are explained, and the formulas for computing them are given, here.

Some other sequences are discussed here.


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