A297234 Down-variation of the base-12 digits of n; see Comments.

0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 2, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 3, 2, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 4, 3, 2, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 7, 6, 5

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Author

Clark Kimberling, Jan 17 2018

Keywords

• nonn
• base
• easy

Comments

Suppose that a number n has base-b digits b(m), b(m-1), ..., b(0). The base-b down-variation of n is the sum DV(n,b) of all d(i)-d(i-1) for which d(i) > d(i-1); the base-b up-variation of n is the sum UV(n,b) of all d(k-1)-d(k) for which d(k) < d(k-1). The total base-b variation of n is the sum TV(n,b) = DV(n,b) + UV(n,b). Every positive integer occurs infinitely many times. See A297330 for a guide to related sequences and partitions of the natural numbers.

Examples

			24 in base 12: 2,0; here DV = 2, so that a(24) = 2.
		

Links

• Clark Kimberling, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..10000

Crossrefs

Cf. A297234, A297235, A297330.

Programs

Mathematica

g[n_, b_] := Differences[IntegerDigits[n, b]];
b = 12; z = 120; Table[-Total[Select[g[n, b], # < 0 &]], {n, 1, z}];  (* A297234 *)
Table[Total[Select[g[n, b], # > 0 &]], {n, 1, z}]; (* A297235 *)