A278743 For a base n>1: consider the lexicographically least strictly increasing sequence c_n such that, for any m>0, Sum_{k=1..m} c_n(k) can be computed without carries in base n; the sequence c_n is (conjecturally) eventually linear, and a(n) gives its order.
1, 3, 2, 5, 9, 3, 7, 4, 17, 4, 9, 15, 21, 11, 5, 11, 25, 25, 13, 7, 6, 13, 7, 29, 15, 16, 25, 7, 15, 9, 33, 17, 10, 28, 57, 8, 17, 49, 37, 19, 10, 31, 63, 21, 9, 19, 43, 41, 21, 34, 34, 69, 23, 12, 10, 21, 13, 45, 23, 51, 37, 75, 25, 13, 67, 11, 23, 42, 49, 25
Offset: 2
Examples
c_2 = A000079, and A000079 has order 1, hence a(2)=1. c_10 = A278742, and A278742 has order 17, hence a(10)=17. See also Links section.
Links
- Rémy Sigrist, Table of n, a(n) for n = 2..10000
- Rémy Sigrist, PERL program for A278743
- Rémy Sigrist, Illustration of the initial terms
- Rémy Sigrist, Plot of A278743 vs A280051
- N. J. A. Sloane, Table of n, a(n), k0(n), b(n) for n=2..42 (A précis of Sigrist's "Illustration" file)
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