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A005245 The (Mahler-Popken) complexity of n: minimal number of 1's required to build n using + and *.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 5, 6, 6, 6, 7, 8, 7, 8, 8, 8, 8, 9, 8, 9, 9, 9, 10, 11, 9, 10, 10, 9, 10, 11, 10, 11, 10, 11, 11, 11, 10, 11, 11, 11, 11, 12, 11, 12, 12, 11, 12, 13, 11, 12, 12, 12, 12, 13, 11, 12, 12, 12, 13, 14, 12, 13, 13, 12, 12, 13, 13, 14, 13, 14, 13, 14, 12, 13, 13, 13, 13, 14, 13, 14

Offset: 1

N. J. A. Sloane

The complexity of an integer n is the least number of 1's needed to represent it using only additions, multiplications and parentheses. This does not allow juxtaposition of 1's to form larger integers, so for example, 2 = 1+1 has complexity 2, but 11 does not ("pasting together" two 1's is not an allowed operation).
The complexity of a number has been defined in several different ways by different authors. See the Index to the OEIS for other definitions.
Guy asks if a(p) = a(p-1) + 1 for prime p. Martin Fuller found the least counterexample p = 353942783 in 2008, see Fuller link. - Charles R Greathouse IV, Oct 04 2012
It appears that this sequence is lower than A348262 {1,+,^} only a finite number of times. - Gordon Hamilton and Brad Ballinger, May 23 2022
The second Altman links proves that {a(n) - 3*log_3(n)} is a well-ordered subset of the reals whose intersection with [0,k) has order type omega^k for each positive integer k, so this set itself has order type omega^omega. - Jianing Song, Apr 13 2024

			From _Lekraj Beedassy_, Jul 04 2009: (Start)
   n.........minimal expression........ a(n) = number of 1's
   1..................1...................1
   2.................1+1..................2
   3................1+1+1.................3
   4.............(1+1)*(1+1)..............4
   5............(1+1)*(1+1)+1.............5
   6............(1+1)*(1+1+1).............5
   7...........(1+1)*(1+1+1)+1............6
   8..........(1+1)*(1+1)*(1+1)...........6
   9...........(1+1+1)*(1+1+1)............6
  10..........(1+1+1)*(1+1+1)+1...........7
  11.........(1+1+1)*(1+1+1)+1+1..........8
  12.........(1+1)*(1+1)*(1+1+1)..........7
  13........(1+1)*(1+1)*(1+1+1)+1.........8
  14.......{(1+1)*(1+1+1)+1}*(1+1)........8
  15.......{(1+1)*(1+1)+1}*(1+1+1)........8
  16.......(1+1)*(1+1)*(1+1)*(1+1)........8
  17......(1+1)*(1+1)*(1+1)*(1+1)+1.......9
  18........(1+1)*(1+1+1)*(1+1+1).........8
  19.......(1+1)*(1+1+1)*(1+1+1)+1........9
  20......{(1+1+1)*(1+1+1)+1}*(1+1).......9
  21......{(1+1)*(1+1+1)+1}*(1+1+1).......9
  22.....{(1+1)*(1+1+1)+1}*(1+1+1)+1.....10
  23....{(1+1)*(1+1+1)+1}*(1+1+1)+1+1....11
  24......(1+1)*(1+1)*(1+1)*(1+1+1).......9
  25.....(1+1)*(1+1)*(1+1)*(1+1+1)+1.....10
  26....{(1+1)*(1+1)*(1+1+1)+1}*(1+1)....10
  27.......(1+1+1)*(1+1+1)*(1+1+1)........9
  28......(1+1+1)*(1+1+1)*(1+1+1)+1......10
  29.....(1+1+1)*(1+1+1)*(1+1+1)+1+1.....11
  30.....{(1+1+1)*(1+1+1)+1}*(1+1+1).....10
  31....{(1+1+1)*(1+1+1)+1}*(1+1+1)+1....11
  32....(1+1)*(1+1)*(1+1)*(1+1)*(1+1)....10
  33...(1+1)*(1+1)*(1+1)*(1+1)*(1+1)+1...11
  34..{(1+1)*(1+1)*(1+1)*(1+1)+1}*(1+1)..11
  .........................................
(End)

M. Criton, "Les uns de Germain", Problem No. 4, pp. 13 ; 68 in '7 x 7 Enigmes Et Défis Mathématiques pour tous', vol. 25, Editions POLE, Paris 2001.
R. K. Guy, Unsolved Problems in Number Theory, Sect. F26.
K. Mahler and J. Popken, Over een Maximumprobleem uit de Rekenkunde (Dutch: On a maximum problem in arithmetic), Nieuw Arch. Wiskunde, (3) 1 (1953), pp. 1-15.
N. J. A. Sloane and Simon Plouffe, The Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences, Academic Press, 1995 (includes this sequence).

M. F. Hasler, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..10000
Harry Altman, Highest few sums and products of ones, Preprint, undated but before 2013.
Harry Altman, Integer Complexity and Well-Ordering, arXiv:1310.2894v1 [math.NT] , Oct 10, 2013.
Harry Altman and Joshua Zelinsky, Numbers with integer complexity close to the lower bound, arXiv:1207.4841 [math.NT], 2012.
J. Arias de Reyna, Complejidad de los números naturales, Gaceta R. Soc. Mat. Esp., 3 (2000), 230-250.
J. Arias de Reyna, Complejidad de los números naturales, Gaceta R. Soc. Mat. Esp., 3 (2000), 230-250. [Cached copy, with permission]
J. Arias de Reyna, Complexity of natural numbers, arXiv:2111.03345 [math.NT], 2021.
J. Arias de Reyna and J. van de Lune, The question "How many 1's are needed?" revisited, arXiv preprint arXiv:1404.1850 [math.NT], 2014.
J. Arias de Reyna and J. van de Lune, Algorithms for determining integer complexity, arXiv preprint arXiv:1404.2183 [math.NT], 2014.
Juris Cernenoks, Janis Iraids, Martins Opmanis, Rihards Opmanis and Karlis Podnieks, Integer Complexity: Experimental and Analytical Results II, arxiv:1409.0446 [math.NT], 2014.
Katherine Cordwell, Alyssa Epstein, Anand Hemmady, Steven J. Miller, Eyvindur A. Palsson, Aaditya Sharma, Stefan Steinerberger and Yen Nhi Truong Vu, On algorithms to calculate integer complexity, arXiv:1706.08424 [math.NT], 2017.
Martin N. Fuller, C program
R. K. Guy, Some suspiciously simple sequences, Amer. Math. Monthly 93 (1986), 186-190; 94 (1987), 965; 96 (1989), 905.
Qizheng He, Improved Algorithms for Integer Complexity, arXiv:2308.10301 [cs.DS], 2023.
Janis Iraids, Online calculator of a(n) for n < 10^12
Jānis Iraids, Kaspars Balodis, Juris Čerņenoks, Mārtiņš Opmanis, Rihards Opmanis, and Kārlis Podnieks, Integer complexity: experimental and analytical results, arXiv:1203.6462 [math.NT], 2012.
Daniel A. Rawsthorne, How many 1's are needed?, Fibonacci Quarterly 27 (1989), pp. 14-17.
Srinivas, Vivek V. and Shankar, B. R., Integer Complexity: Breaking the Theta(n^2) barrier, World Academy of Science 41 (2008), pp. 690-691.
Stefan Steinerberger, A Short Note on Integer Complexity, Contributions to Discrete Mathematics, Vol. 9.1 (2014).
Stefan Steinerberger, A short note on integer complexity, Contributions to Discrete Mathematics, Vol. 9.1 (2014). [Cached copy, with permission.]
Joshua Zelinsky, Upper Bounds on Integer Complexity, arXiv preprint (2022). arXiv:2211.02995 [math.NT]
Venecia Wang, A counterexample to the prime conjecture of expressing numbers using just ones, YouTube video, 2012.
Venecia Wang, A counterexample to the prime conjecture of expressing numbers using just ones, Journal of Number Theory, Volume 133, Issue 2, February 2013, Pages 391-397.
Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Integer Complexity
Dimitri Zucker, The Most Underrated Concept in Number Theory, Combo Class Youtube video that mentions this sequence.
Index to sequences related to the complexity of n

Cf. A025280 (variant using +, *, and ^), A091333 (using +, -, and *), A091334 (using +, -, *, and ^), A348089 (using +, -, *, / and ^), A348262 (using + and ^).

Cf. A000792 (largest integer of given complexity), A003313, A076142, A076091, A061373, A005421, A064097, A005520, A003037, A161906, A161908, A244743.

import Data.List (genericIndex)
a005245 n = a005245_list `genericIndex` (n-1)
a005245_list = 1 : f 2 [1] where
   f x ys = y : f (x + 1) (y : ys) where
     y = minimum $
         (zipWith (+) (take (x `div` 2) ys) (reverse ys)) ++
         (zipWith (+) (map a005245 $ tail $ a161906_row x)
                      (map a005245 $ reverse $ init $ a161908_row x))
-- Reinhard Zumkeller, Mar 08 2013

with(numtheory):
a:= proc(n) option remember;
      `if`(n=1, 1, min(seq(a(i)+a(n-i), i=1..n/2),
       seq(a(d)+a(n/d), d=divisors(n) minus {1, n})))
    end:
seq(a(n), n=1..100); # Alois P. Heinz, Apr 18 2012

a[n_] := a[n] = If[n == 1, 1,
   Min[Table[a[i] + a[n-i], {i, 1, n/2}] ~Join~
   Table[a[d] + a[n/d], {d, Divisors[n] ~Complement~ {1, n}}]]];
Table[a[n], {n, 1, 100}] (* Jean-François Alcover, Dec 12 2013, after Alois P. Heinz *)

A005245(n /* start by calling this with the largest needed n */, lim/* see below */) = { local(d); n<6 && return(n);
if(n<=#A005245, A005245[n]&return(A005245[n]) /* return memoized result if available */,
A005245=vector(n) /* create vector if needed - should better reuse existing data if available */);
for(i=1, n-1, A005245[i] || A005245[i]=A005245(i,lim)); /* compute all previous elements */
A005245[n]=min( vecmin(vector(min(n\2,if(lim>0,lim,n)), k, A005245[k]+A005245[n-k])) /* additive possibilities - if lim>0 is given, consider a(k)+a(n-k) only for k<=lim - we know it is save to use lim=1 up to n=2e7 */, if( isprime(n), n, vecmin(vector((-1+#d=divisors(n))\2, i, A005245[d[i+1]]+A005245[d[ #d-i]]))/* multiplicative possibilities */))}
\\ See also the Python program by Tim Peters at A005421.
\\ M. F. Hasler, Jan 30 2008

from functools import lru_cache
from itertools import takewhile
from sympy import divisors
@lru_cache(maxsize=None)
def A005245(n): return min(min(A005245(a)+A005245(n-a) for a in range(1,(n>>1)+1)),min((A005245(d)+A005245(n//d) for d in takewhile(lambda d:d*d<=n,divisors(n)) if d>1),default=n)) if n>1 else 1 # Chai Wah Wu, Apr 29 2023

It is known that a(n) <= A061373(n) but I think 0 <= A061373(n) - a(n) <= 1 also holds. - Benoit Cloitre, Nov 23 2003 [That's false: the numbers {46, 235, 649, 1081, 7849, 31669, 61993} require {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7} fewer 1's in A005245 than in A061373. - Ed Pegg Jr, Apr 13 2004]
It is known from the work of Selfridge and Coppersmith that 3 log_3 n <= a(n) <= 3 log_2 n = 4.754... log_3 n for all n > 1. [Guy, Unsolved Problems in Number Theory, Sect. F26.] - Charles R Greathouse IV, Apr 19 2012 [Comment revised by N. J. A. Sloane, Jul 17 2016]
Zelinsky (2022) improves the upper bound to a(n) <= A*log n where A = 41/log(55296) = 3.754422.... This compares to the constant 2.7307176... of the lower bound. - Charles R Greathouse IV, Dec 11 2022
a(n) >= A007600(n) is a very accurate lower bound. - Mehmet Sarraç, Dec 18 2022

More terms from David W. Wilson, May 15 1997

A319975 Smallest number of complexity n with respect to the operations {1, shift, multiply}.

Original entry on oeis.org

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10, 11, 14, 19, 22, 23, 38, 43, 58, 59, 89, 107, 134, 167, 179, 263, 347, 383, 537, 713, 719, 1103, 1319, 1439, 2099, 2879, 3833, 4283, 5939, 6299, 9059, 12239, 15118, 19079, 23039, 26459, 44879, 49559, 66239, 78839, 98999, 137339

Offset: 1

N. J. A. Sloane, Oct 11 2018

nonn

The shift operation here is also sometimes called successor, see A263283.

Note this complexity measure counts both operands (the ones) and operators (the shifts and multiplications), whereas most of the complexity measures in the crossrefs count only operands. However, in the presence of successor it would not make sense to count only operands, since any number can be expressed with a single occurrence of 1. - Glen Whitney, Oct 06 2021

			1 = 1 has complexity 1
2 = S1 has complexity 2
3 = SS1 has complexity 3
4 = SSS1 has complexity 4
5 = SSSS1 has complexity 5
6 = SSSSS1 has complexity 6
7 = SSSSSS1 has complexity 7
10 = S*SS1SS1 = shift(product of (3 and 3)) has complexity 8
(Note that 8 = *S1SSS1 has complexity 7)
11 = SS*SS1SS1 has complexity 9
14 = SS*SS1SSS1 has complexity 10

Michael S. Branicky, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..67
Akshunna Shaurya Dogra, Minimal Representations of Natural Numbers Under a Set of Operators, arXiv preprint 1801.01360 [math.HO], Jan 2018.
Index to sequences related to the complexity of n.

Smallest number of complexity n (other definitions): A003037, A005520, A244743, A259466, and A265360.

Other definitions of the complexity of n: A005208, A005245, A025280, and A099053.

def aupton(nn):
    alst, R, allR = [1], {1: {1}}, {1} # R[n] is set reachable using n ops
    for n in range(2, nn+1):
        R[n]  = set(a+1 for a in R[n-1])
        R[n] |= set(a*b for i in range(1, (n+1)//2) for a in R[i] for b in R[n-1-i])
        alst.append(min(R[n] - allR))
        allR |= R[n]
    return alst
print(aupton(49)) # Michael S. Branicky, Oct 06 2021

Note how 6, 720 and 612360000 occur in A244743 as its 0th, 4th and 8th term, from which my bold conjecture that A244743(12) or A244743(16) = 1697781042840960000000000.

According to preliminary results from Janis Iraids, the value of A005245(a(5)) = ||1697781042840960000000000|| = 160, while ||1697781042840960000000000 - 1|| = 169, which lays to rest my naive conjecture above, as 169 - 160 is neither 12 nor 16. Note also how 5, 719 and 612359999 are all primes, while a(5)-1 factorizes as 1697781042840959999999999 = 13 * 89443 * 908669 * 1606890407869. - Antti Karttunen, Dec 20 2015

Let m = Product p_j ^ a_j be the standard prime factorization of m. The additive excess of m is defined to be Sum||p_j ^ a_j|| - ||m|| where ||m||=A005245(n) is the complexity of n.

The n-th term of this sequence is the least number m with additive excess n.

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A005245 The (Mahler-Popken) complexity of n: minimal number of 1's required to build n using + and *.

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A319975 Smallest number of complexity n with respect to the operations {1, shift, multiply}.

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A244744 Smallest number with additive excess n.

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