def ffr(n): if n < 1 or type(n) != int: raise ValueError("n must be an int >= 1") try: return ffr.r[n] except IndexError: r, s = ffr.r, ffs.s ffr_n_1 = ffr(n-1) lastr = r[-1] # extend s up to, and one past, last r s += list(range(s[-1] + 1, lastr)) if s[-1] < lastr: s += [lastr + 1] # access s[n-1] temporarily extending s if necessary len_s = len(s) ffs_n_1 = s[n-1] if len_s > n else (n - len_s) + s[-1] ans = ffr_n_1 + ffs_n_1 r.append(ans) return ans ffr.r = [None, 1] def ffs(n): if n < 1 or type(n) != int: raise ValueError("n must be an int >= 1") try: return ffs.s[n] except IndexError: r, s = ffr.r, ffs.s for i in range(len(r), n+2): ffr(i) if len(s) > n: return s[n] raise Exception("Whoops!") ffs.s = [None, 2] if __name__ == '__main__': first10 = [ffr(i) for i in range(1,11)] assert first10 == [1, 3, 7, 12, 18, 26, 35, 45, 56, 69], "ffr() value error(s)" print("ffr(n) for n = [1..10] is", first10) # bin = [None] + [0]*1000 for i in range(40, 0, -1): bin[ffr(i)] += 1 for i in range(960, 0, -1): bin[ffs(i)] += 1 if all(b == 1 for b in bin[1:1000]): print("All Integers 1..1000 found OK") else: print("All Integers 1..1000 NOT found only once: ERROR")