0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 2, 2, 1, 2, 1, 2, 1, 2, 2, 3, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 2, 2, 1, 2, 1, 2, 1, 2, 2, 3, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1, 1, 2, 2, 1, 2, 1, 2, 1, 2, 2, 3, 1, 1, 2, 2, 1, 2, 1, 1, 2, 2, 1, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 2, 2, 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 3, 1, 2, 1, 2, 2, 3, 1, 2, 1, 2, 2, 3, 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 3, 2, 3, 2, 3, 3, 4, 1
Offset: 0
For n=23 ("321" in factorial base representation, A007623), all three nonzero digits are maximal for their positions (they all occur on "maximal slope"), thus the "maximal slope" is also the "maximally occupied slope" (as there are no other occupied slopes present), and a(23) = 3.
For n=29 ("1021"), there are three nonzero digits, where both 2 and the rightmost 1 are on the "maximal slope", while the most significant 1 is on the "sub-sub-sub-maximal", thus here the "maximal slope" is also the "maximally occupied slope" (with 2 nonzero digits present), and a(29) = 2.
For n=37 ("1201"), there are three nonzero digits, where the rightmost 1 is on the maximal slope, 2 is on the sub-maximal, and the most significant 1 is on the "sub-sub-sub-maximal", thus there are three occupied slopes in total, all with just one nonzero digit present, and a(37) = 1.
For n=55 ("2101"), the least significant 1 is on the maximal slope, and the digits "21" at the beginning are together on the sub-sub-maximal slope (as they are both two less than the maximal digit values 4 and 3 allowed in those positions), thus here the sub-sub-maximal slope is the "maximally occupied slope" with its two occupiers, and a(55) = 2.
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