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%I A353830 #10 May 10 2022 02:26:13 %S A353830 0,1,-4,3,4,11,-12,-11,-10,9,10,-13,12,13,-34,33,34,35,-36,-35,32,-33, %T A353830 -32,29,-30,-29,-28,27,28,-31,30,31,38,-39,-38,-37,36,37,-40,39,40, %U A353830 101,-102,-101,-100,99,100,-103,102,103,-106,105,106,107,-108,-107,104 %N A353830 The positions of nonzero digits in the balanced ternary expansions of n and a(n) are the same, and the k-th rightmost nonzero digit in a(n) equals the product of the k rightmost nonzero digits in n. %C A353830 This sequence can naturally be extended to negative integers; we then obtain a permutation of the integers (Z). %C A353830 A number is a fixed point of this sequence iff it has no digit -1 in its balanced ternary expansion (A005836). %H A353830 Rémy Sigrist, <a href="/A353830/b353830.txt">Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..6561</a> %F A353830 a(3*n) = 3*a(n). %F A353830 a(3*n + 1) = 3*a(n) + 1. %F A353830 Sum_{k = 0..n} a(n) = 0 iff n belongs to A029858. %e A353830 The first terms, in decimal and in balanced ternary, are: %e A353830 n a(n) bter(n) bter(a(n)) %e A353830 -- ---- ------- ---------- %e A353830 0 0 0 0 %e A353830 1 1 1 1 %e A353830 2 -4 1T TT %e A353830 3 3 10 10 %e A353830 4 4 11 11 %e A353830 5 11 1TT 11T %e A353830 6 -12 1T0 TT0 %e A353830 7 -11 1T1 TT1 %e A353830 8 -10 10T T0T %e A353830 9 9 100 100 %e A353830 10 10 101 101 %e A353830 11 -13 11T TTT %e A353830 12 12 110 110 %o A353830 (PARI) a(n) = { %o A353830 my (d=[], t, p=1); %o A353830 while (n, d=concat(t=[0,1,-1][1+n%3], d); n=(n-t)/3); %o A353830 forstep (k=#d, 1, -1, if (d[k], d[k]=p*=d[k])); %o A353830 fromdigits(d,3); %o A353830 } %Y A353830 See A305458, A353824, A353826, A353828 for similar sequences. %Y A353830 Cf. A005836 (fixed points), A029858, A153775. %K A353830 sign,base %O A353830 0,3 %A A353830 _Rémy Sigrist_, May 08 2022