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A363683 Square array A(n, k), n, k > 0, read by antidiagonals; A(n, k) is the least e > 0 such that n^e and k^e have the same initial digit, or -1 if no such e exists.

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%I A363683 #5 Jun 17 2023 14:22:53
%S A363683 1,4,4,9,1,9,2,17,17,2,3,7,1,7,3,4,5,8,8,5,4,5,4,9,1,9,4,5,8,2,3,11,
%T A363683 11,3,2,8,16,5,11,6,1,6,11,5,16,1,17,7,4,9,9,4,7,17,1,1,4,17,10,6,1,6,
%U A363683 10,17,4,1,1,4,9,14,5,15,15,5,14,9,4,1
%N A363683 Square array A(n, k), n, k > 0, read by antidiagonals; A(n, k) is the least e > 0 such that n^e and k^e have the same initial digit, or -1 if no such e exists.
%C A363683 Conjecture: all terms are positive.
%H A363683 Rémy Sigrist, <a href="/A363683/a363683.png">Colored representation of the table for n, k <= 1200</a>
%F A363683 A(n, k) = A(k, n).
%F A363683 A(10*n, k) = A(n, k).
%F A363683 A(n, n) = 1.
%F A363683 A(n, 1) = A098174(n).
%e A363683 Array A(n, k) begins:
%e A363683   n\k |  1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10  11  12
%e A363683   ----+-----------------------------------------------
%e A363683     1 |  1   4   9   2   3   4   5   8  16   1   1   1
%e A363683     2 |  4   1  17   7   5   4   2   5  17   4   4   9
%e A363683     3 |  9  17   1   8   9   3  11   7  17   9  16   5
%e A363683     4 |  2   7   8   1  11   6   4  10  14   2   2   2
%e A363683     5 |  3   5   9  11   1   9   6   5   4   3   3   3
%e A363683     6 |  4   4   3   6   9   1  15   7  11   4   4  10
%e A363683     7 |  5   2  11   4   6  15   1  17  18   5   5   4
%e A363683     8 |  8   5   7  10   5   7  17   1  18   8  28   6
%e A363683     9 | 16  17  17  14   4  11  18  18   1  16  23   8
%e A363683    10 |  1   4   9   2   3   4   5   8  16   1   1   1
%e A363683    11 |  1   4  16   2   3   4   5  28  23   1   1   1
%e A363683    12 |  1   9   5   2   3  10   4   6   8   1   1   1
%o A363683 (PARI) A(n,k) = { for (e = 1, oo, if (digits(n^e)[1]==digits(k^e)[1], return (e));); }
%Y A363683 Cf. A000030, A073601, A088995, A098174, A359698.
%K A363683 nonn,base,tabl
%O A363683 1,2
%A A363683 _Rémy Sigrist_, Jun 15 2023