A061505 Leading digit of n^n.
1, 1, 4, 2, 2, 3, 4, 8, 1, 3, 1, 2, 8, 3, 1, 4, 1, 8, 3, 1, 1, 5, 3, 2, 1, 8, 6, 4, 3, 2, 2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 5, 6, 8, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 1, 1, 3, 4, 8, 1, 2, 3, 6, 1, 2, 4, 7, 1, 2, 5, 1, 2, 4, 8, 1, 3, 8, 1, 3, 8, 1, 4, 1, 2, 5, 1, 3, 7, 1, 4, 1, 2, 7, 1, 5, 1, 3, 1, 2, 7, 2, 5, 1
Offset: 0
Examples
a(7) = 8, as 7^7 = 823543.
Links
- Rémy Sigrist, Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..10000
Crossrefs
Cf. A056849.
Programs
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Mathematica
a = {}; Do[ a = Append[ a, IntegerDigits[ n^n ] [ [ 1 ] ] ], {n, 1, 75 } ]; a
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PARI
a(n) = digits(n^n)[1] \\ Rémy Sigrist, Dec 13 2018
Formula
Using the formula in A000030: a(n) = [n^n / 10^([log_10(n^n)])] = [n^n / 10^([n*log_10(n)])].
Extensions
More terms from Robert G. Wilson v, May 10 2001
Further terms from Asher Auel, May 20 2001
a(0) = 1 prepended by Rémy Sigrist, Dec 13 2018
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