Positive Integer

The positive integers are the numbers 1, 2, 3, ... (OEIS A000027), sometimes called the counting numbers or natural numbers, denoted .

They are the solution to the simple linear recurrence equation

with .

A plot of the first few positive integers represented as a sequence of binary bits is shown above. The top portion shows  to , and the bottom shows the next 510 values.

REFERENCES:

Sloane, N. J. A. Sequence A000027/M0472 in "The On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences."

Wolfram, S. A New Kind of Science. Champaign, IL: Wolfram Media, pp. 129 and 1168, 2002.