A358851 a(n+1) is the number of occurrences of the largest digit of a(n) among all the digits of [a(0), a(1), ..., a(n)], with a(0)=0.

0, 1, 1, 2, 1, 3, 1, 4, 1, 5, 1, 6, 1, 7, 1, 8, 1, 9, 1, 10, 11, 13, 2, 2, 3, 3, 4, 2, 4, 3, 5, 2, 5, 3, 6, 2, 6, 3, 7, 2, 7, 3, 8, 2, 8, 3, 9, 2, 9, 3, 10, 15, 4, 4, 5, 5, 6, 4, 6, 5, 7, 4, 7, 5, 8, 4, 8, 5, 9, 4, 9, 5, 10, 17, 6, 6, 7, 7, 8, 6

Offset: 0

Author

Bence Bernáth, Dec 08 2022

Keywords

• nonn
• base

Comments

Up to a(19)=10, the terms are identical to A248034. The branches (distinct lines of terms indicating the largest digit of the preceding term) can be labeled by the counter digit (shown in the scatter plot). From 9 to 1 the branches gradually get fragmented. Below digit 5 it is harder to disentangle the branches in some places. A repeating pattern also appears (shown in the inset of the scatter plot).

Links

• Bence Bernáth, Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..10000
• Eric Angelini, Digit-counters updating themselves
• Bence Bernáth, Scatter plot for n=0..500000
• Michael De Vlieger, Log log scatterplot of a(n) n = 1..10^6.
• Michael De Vlieger, Log log scatterplot of a(n), n = 1..10^5, with a color function indicating largest digit of preceding term, where black = 0, red = 1, orange = 2, ..., magenta = 9.

Crossrefs

Cf. A248034, A249009, A356348, A336514.

Programs

MATLAB

length_seq=150;
sequence(1)=0;
seq_for_digits=(num2str(sequence(1))-'0');
for i1=1:1:length_seq
     sequence(i1+1)=sum(seq_for_digits==max((num2str(sequence(i1))-'0'))');
     seq_for_digits=[seq_for_digits, num2str(sequence(i1+1))-'0'];
end

Mathematica

nn = 79; s[] = 0; a[0] = 0; Do[(Set[d, Max[#]]; Map[s[#1] += #2 & @@ # &, Tally[#] ]) &@ IntegerDigits[a[n - 1]]; a[n] = s[d], {n, nn}]; Array[a, nn + 1, 0] (* _Michael De Vlieger, Dec 28 2022 *)

Python

sequence=[0]
length=150
seq_for_digits=list(map(int, list(str(sequence[0]))))
for ii in range(length):
     sequence.append(seq_for_digits.count(max(list(map(int,list(str(sequence[-1])))))))
     seq_for_digits.extend(list(map(int, list(str(sequence[-1])))))