A176766 Smallest power of 6 whose decimal expansion contains n.
10077696, 1, 216, 36, 46656, 46656, 6, 7776, 2176782336, 1296, 10077696, 2821109907456, 1296, 13060694016, 6140942214464815497216, 101559956668416, 216, 60466176, 470184984576, 21936950640377856, 170581728179578208256, 216
Offset: 0
Examples
a(1) = 1 because 6^0 = 1 has "1" as a substring (not a proper substring, though). a(2) = 216 because 6^3 = 216 has "2" as a substring. a(3) = 36 because 6^2 = 36 has "3" as a substring.
Links
- Paolo Xausa, Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..10000
Programs
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Mathematica
A176766[n_] := Block[{k = -1}, While[StringFreeQ[IntegerString[6^++k], IntegerString[n]]]; 6^k]; Array[A176766, 50, 0] (* Paolo Xausa, Apr 03 2024 *)
Formula
a(n) = 6^A062523(n). - Michel Marcus, Sep 30 2014
Extensions
Corrected and extended by Sean A. Irvine and Jon E. Schoenfield, May 05 2010
a(0) prepended by Paolo Xausa, Apr 03 2024
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