A158333 Position of number of digits increment in the sequence of powers of 3.
1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 24, 26, 28, 30, 32, 34, 36, 38, 40, 42, 45, 47, 49, 51, 53, 55, 57, 59, 61, 63, 65, 68, 70, 72, 74, 76, 78, 80, 82, 84, 86, 89, 91, 93, 95, 97, 99, 101, 103, 105, 107, 109, 112, 114, 116, 118, 120, 122, 124, 126, 128, 130, 133, 135
Offset: 0
Examples
For n=1 a(1)=3 since the sequence of powers of 3 is 1, 3, 9, 27, 81, 243, 729 and numbers of digits increase at position 1,3,5,...
Crossrefs
Programs
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Maple
A158333 := proc(n) 1+floor(n/log10(3)) ; end proc: seq(A158333(n),n=0..20) ; # R. J. Mathar, Sep 01 2014
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Mathematica
a[x_] := 1 + Floor[x/Log[10, 3]]; Table[a[i], {i, 0, 20}]
Formula
a(n)=1+Floor(n/Log_10(3)) = 1+A054965(n).
Extensions
Indices in offset, example, and formula adjusted by R. J. Mathar, May 21 2009
More terms from Robert G. Wilson v, May 29 2009