A011542 Minimal number of coins needed to pay n cents using coins of sizes 1, 5, 10, 25, 50 cents.
0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 2, 3
Offset: 0
Links
- Alois P. Heinz, Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..1000
- Index entries for sequences related to making change.
- Index entries for linear recurrences with constant coefficients, signature (1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, -1).
Crossrefs
Cf. A053344.
Programs
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Mathematica
f[n_]:=Total[Quotient[Most[FoldList[Mod,n,{50,25,10,5,1}]],{50,25,10,5,1}]];Table[f[n],{n,1,84}] (* Geoffrey Critzer, May 04 2013 *) Table[Min[Total/@FrobeniusSolve[{1,5,10,25,50},n]],{n,0,110}] (* Harvey P. Dale, Nov 10 2018 *)
Formula
G.f.: -(6*x^49 -x^48 -x^47 -x^46 -x^45 +4*x^44 -x^43 -x^42 -x^41 -x^40 +3*x^39 -x^38 -x^37 -x^36 -x^35 +4*x^34 -x^33 -x^32 -x^31 -x^30 +3*x^29 -x^28 -x^27 -x^26 -x^25 +5*x^24 -x^23 -x^22 -x^21 -x^20 +4*x^19 -x^18 -x^17 -x^16 -x^15 +3*x^14 -x^13 -x^12 -x^11 -x^10 +4*x^9 -x^8 -x^7 -x^6 -x^5 +3*x^4 -x^3 -x^2 -x -1)*x / (x^51-x^50-x+1). - Alois P. Heinz, Aug 04 2014
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