A025282 Smallest number requiring n Fibonacci numbers to build using + and *.
1, 4, 12, 51, 373, 7724, 370555, 27284157, 2075178956
Offset: 1
Examples
a(12) = 1 + 3 + 8 but can't be represented using fewer than 3 Fibonacci numbers, and is the least number with this property. - _Robert Israel_, Jan 25 2015
Links
- Sean A. Irvine, Java program (github)
Programs
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Maple
N:= 50000: # to get a(n) where a(n) <= N P:= Vector(N): for i from 1 do f:= combinat:-fibonacci(i); if f > N then break fi; P[f]:= 1 od: A[1]:= 1: rmax:= 1: for n from 1 to N do if P[n] = 0 then m:= floor(n/2); r:= min(P[1..m] + P[[seq(n-i, i=1..m)]]); for a in select(`<=`, numtheory:-divisors(n) minus {1}, floor(sqrt(n))) do r:= min(r, P[a] + P[n/a]) od: P[n]:= r; if r > rmax then A[r]:= n; rmax:= r; fi fi od: seq(A[i], i=1..rmax); # Robert Israel, Jan 25 2015
Extensions
a(7)-a(9) from Sean A. Irvine, Aug 23 2019
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