Non-standard binary representations and the Stern sequence
Katie A. Anders, Madeline Locus Dawsey, Gupta, Rajat, Joseph Vandehey · arXiv (Cornell University) · 2023
We show that the number of short binary signed-digit representations of an integer $n$ is equal to the $n$-th term in the Stern sequence. Various proofs are provided, including direct, bijective, and generating function proofs. We also show that this result can be derived from recent work of Monroe on binary signed-digit representations of a fixed length.