Number of steps required by the Hwang-Deutsch merging algorithm.

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a(0) =2a(1) =3a(2) =5a(3) =8a(4) =12a(5) =17a(6) =25a(7) =36a(8) =52a(9) =73a(10) =105a(11) =148a(12) =212a(13) =297a(14) =425a(15) =596a(16) =852a(17) =1193a(18) =1705a(19) =2388a(20) =3412a(21) =4777a(22) =6825a(23) =95556a(24) =13652a(25) =19113a(26) =27305a(27) =38228a(28) =54612a(29) =76457