[microsound] question about norgards infinity row

[Charles Turner]

On Jan 12, 2010, at 2:14 PM, Samuel van ransbeeck wrote:

>  Shouldn't the series expand over the register or is it normal that  
> it stays in the sme register (or is the example simplified)

Did you look at this?

<http://www.research.att.com/~njas/sequences/A004718>

The formula is 'Write n in binary and read from left to write,  
starting with 0 and interpreting 1 as "add 1" and 0 as "change sign".'  
So a 13-bit number would exceed the number of semitones in an octave,  
if I understand your question correctly. You can check that in the  
"First 10,000 Terms," here:

<http://www.research.att.com/~njas/sequences/b004718.txt>

(In fact, the leap between iteration 8190 and 8191 is quite large: -12  
-> 13.)

HTH, Charles