Least number of tosses of a fair coin needed to have an even chance or better of getting a run of at least m consecutive heads or consecutive tails.

A277828

Least number of tosses of a fair coin needed to have an even chance or better of getting a run of at least m consecutive heads or consecutive tails.

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    a(0) =1a(1) =2a(2) =5a(3) =11a(4) =23a(5) =45a(6) =90a(7) =179a(8) =357a(9) =712a(10) =1422a(11) =2842a(12) =5681a(13) =11360a(14) =22716a(15) =45430a(16) =90856a(17) =181709a(18) =363413a(19) =726822a(20) =1453640a(21) =2907276a(22) =5814546a(23) =11629086a(24) =23258166a(25) =46516327a(26) =93032647

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