A338012 a(1)=0; thereafter, a(n) is the smallest number such that the addition and multiplication tables for (a(1),...,a(n)) together contain n^2 different entries (the maximum possible).

0, 3, 4, 10, 18, 23, 34, 55, 67, 93, 95, 120, 149, 166, 228, 271, 351, 398, 439, 505, 563, 611, 732, 771, 806, 924, 1052, 1121, 1278, 1412, 1586, 1654, 1875, 2012, 2245, 2341, 2445, 2616, 2819, 2920, 3034, 3322, 3518, 3754, 3918, 4016, 4311, 4649, 4848, 5321

Offset: 1

Author

Peter Kagey, Oct 06 2020

Keywords

• nonn

Examples

			Addition table begins:
   + |  0  3  4 10 18 23  34  55  67
-----+-------------------------------
   0 |  0
   3 |  3  6
   4 |  4  7  8
  10 | 10 13 14 20
  18 | 18 21 22 28 36
  23 | 23 26 27 33 41 46
  34 | 34 37 38 44 52 57  68
  55 | 55 58 59 65 73 78  89 110
  67 | 67 70 71 77 85 90 101 122 134
Multiplication table begins:
   * | 0   3   4  10   18   23   34   55   67
-----+---------------------------------------
   0 | 0
   3 | 0   9
   4 | 0  12  16
  10 | 0  30  40 100
  18 | 0  54  72 180  324
  23 | 0  69  92 230  414  529
  34 | 0 102 136 340  612  782 1156
  55 | 0 165 220 550  990 1265 1870 3025
  67 | 0 201 268 670 1206 1541 2278 3685 4489
		

Links

• Peter Kagey, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..1000

Crossrefs

Cf. A337655, A337656, A337946.

Cf. A338013, A338014, A338015, A338016, A338017.