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Problem 60286. Hofstadter Q sequence

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The Hofstadter Q sequence is defined as follows:
The first elements of the sequence are 1, 1, 2, 3, 3, 4, 5, 5, 6, 6.
Write a function to compute for a given n.
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Last Solution submitted on Jul 27, 2025

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