A Brauer chain is an addition chain in which each member uses the previous member as an addend. A number
for which a shortest chain exists which
is a Brauer chain is called a Brauer number.
Brauer Chain
See also
Addition Chain, Brauer Number, Hansen ChainExplore with Wolfram|Alpha
References
Guy, R. K. "Addition Chains. Brauer Chains. Hansen Chains." §C6 in Unsolved Problems in Number Theory, 2nd ed. New York: Springer-Verlag, pp. 111-113, 1994.Referenced on Wolfram|Alpha
Brauer ChainCite this as:
Weisstein, Eric W. "Brauer Chain." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Web Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/BrauerChain.html