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Problem 361: Subsequence of Thue-Morse sequence

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The Thue-Morse sequence $\{T_n\}$ is a binary sequence satisfying:

  • $T_0 = 0$
  • $T_{2n} = T_n$
  • $T_{2n + 1} = 1 - T_n$

The first several terms of $\{T_n\}$ are given as follows: $01101001\color{red}{10010}1101001011001101001\ldots$.

We define $\{A_n\}$ as the sorted sequence of integers such that the binary expression of each element appears as a subsequence in $\{T_n\}$. For example, the decimal number 18 is expressed as 10010 in binary. 10010 appears in $\{T_n\}$ ($T_8$ to $T_{12}$), so 18 is an element of $\{A_n\}$. The decimal number 14 is expressed as 1110 in binary. 1110 never appears in $\{T_n\}$, so 14 is not an element of $\{A_n\}$.

The first several terms of $A_n$ are given as follows:

$$\begin{array}{cr} n & 0 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5 & 6 & 7 & 8 & 9 & 10 & 11 & 12 & \ldots \\ A_n & 0 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5 & 6 & 9 & 10 & 11 & 12 & 13 & 18 & \ldots \end{array}$$

We can also verify that $A_{100} = 3251$ and $A_{1000} = 80\,852\,364\,498$.

Find the last 9 digits of $\displaystyle\sum_{k = 1}^{18} A_{{10}^k}$.

--hints--

subsequenceOfThueMorseSequence() should return 178476944.

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assert.strictEqual(subsequenceOfThueMorseSequence(), 178476944);

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function subsequenceOfThueMorseSequence() {

  return true;
}

subsequenceOfThueMorseSequence();

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// solution required