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A001273 Smallest number that takes n steps to reach 1 under iteration of sum-of-squares-of-digits map (= smallest "happy number" of height n). 5
1, 10, 13, 23, 19, 7, 356, 78999 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; internal format)
OFFSET

0,2

COMMENTS

Subsequent terms are too large to display in full.

a(8) = 3789*10^973-1 (3788 followed by 973 9's)

a(9) = 78889*10^((a(8)-305)/81)-1 (78888 followed by (421*10^973-34)/9 9's, specified by Warut Roonguthai for UPINT3)

a(10) = 259*10^((a(9)-93)/81)-1

a(11) = 179*10^((a(10)-114)/81)-1

a(12) = 47*10^((a(11)-52)/81)-1

REFERENCES

R. K. Guy, Unsolved Problems in Number Theory, Sect. E34. (2nd ed. UPINT2 = 1994, 3rd ed. UPINT3 = 2004)

LINKS

Tianxin Cai & Xia Zhou, On The Heights of Happy Numbers[broken link]

H. G. Grundman, E. A. Teeple, Heights of happy numbers and cubic happy numbers, Fib Quart. 41 (4) (2003) 301

H. Havermann, Big and Happy

CROSSREFS

Cf. A007770, A018785, A176762.

Sequence in context: A191969 A018785 A176762 * A111524 A074346 A126973

Adjacent sequences:  A001270 A001271 A001272 * A001274 A001275 A001276

KEYWORD

base,nonn

AUTHOR

N. J. A. Sloane (njas(AT)research.att.com).

EXTENSIONS

a(7), a(8) from Jud McCranie (JudMcCranie(AT)ugaalum.uga.edu), Sep 15 1994

a(9)-a(12) from Hans Havermann (gladhobo(AT)teksavvy.com), May 02 2010

Edited by Hans Havermann (gladhobo(AT)teksavvy.com), May 03 2010, May 04 2010

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