A259368 Number of digits in n^n when written in binary.
1, 3, 5, 9, 12, 16, 20, 25, 29, 34, 39, 44, 49, 54, 59, 65, 70, 76, 81, 87, 93, 99, 105, 111, 117, 123, 129, 135, 141, 148, 154, 161, 167, 173, 180, 187, 193, 200, 207, 213, 220, 227, 234, 241, 248, 255, 262, 269, 276, 283, 290, 297, 304, 311, 318, 326, 333
Offset: 1
Examples
For n=3, 3^3=11011_2 so a(3)=5.
Programs
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Magma
[Floor(n*Log(n)/Log(2)) + 1: n in [1..70]]; // Vincenzo Librandi, Jul 15 2015
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Mathematica
Array[IntegerLength[#^#, 2] &, 60] (* or *) Array[Floor[# Log[2, #]] + 1 &, 60] (* Michael De Vlieger, Jul 03 2015 *)
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PARI
a(n) = #binary(n^n); \\ Michel Marcus, Jul 03 2015
Formula
a(n) = floor(n*log(n)/log(2)) + 1.