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⟩ What are the next three numbers in the given series? 1 1 2 1 2 2 3 1 2 2 3 2 3 3 4 1 2 2 3 2 3 3 4 2 3 3 ?

The next three numbers in the series are 4, 3, 4.

The pattern is - the number of 1's in the binary expansion of the positive integers starting from 1.

Number Binary Equivalent # of 1's

1 1 1

2 10 1

3 11 2

4 100 1

5 101 2

6 110 2

7 111 3

8 1000 1

9 1001 2

10 1010 2

11 1011 3

12 1100 2

13 1101 3

14 1110 3

15 1111 4

16 10000 1

17 10001 2

18 10010 2

19 10011 3

20 10100 2

21 10101 3

22 10110 3

23 10111 4

24 11000 2

25 11001 3

26 11010 3

27 11011 4

28 11100 3

29 11101 4

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