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A005360 Flimsy numbers.
(Formerly M4771)
5
11, 13, 19, 22, 23, 25, 26, 27, 29, 37, 38, 39, 41, 43, 44, 46, 47, 50, 52, 53, 54, 55, 57, 58, 59, 61, 67, 71, 74, 76, 77, 78, 79, 81, 82, 83, 86, 87, 88, 91, 92, 94, 95, 97, 99, 100, 101, 103, 104, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 121 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; internal format)
OFFSET

1,1

COMMENTS

Definition: a(n) is flimsy iff there exists a k such that A000120(k*n) < A000120(n). That is, some multiple of n has fewer ones in its binary expansion than does n. What are the associated k for each n? What is the smallest n for each k? Stolarsky says "at least half the primes are flimsy." - Jonathan Vos Post (jvospost3(AT)gmail.com), Jul 07 2008

A143073(n) gives the least k for each n in this sequence. -T. D. Noe (noe(AT)sspectra.com), Jul 22 2008

Stolarsky says "at least half the primes are flimsy". (Jonathan Vos Post, Jul 14 2008)

The list has been created assuming k<=140000000; terms which require larger k may still be missing. - R. J. Mathar (mathar(AT)strw.leidenuniv.nl), Jul 14 2008

The numbers 37*2^j are flimsy with k=7085. The numbers 67*2^j are flimsy with k=128207979, 81*2^j are flimsy with k=1657009, 83*2^j are flimsy with k=395, 97*2^j with k=172961, 101*2^j with k=365, 113*2^j with k=145, 134*2^j with k=128207979, 137*2^j with k=125400505, any j>=0. - R. J. Mathar (mathar(AT)strw.leidenuniv.nl), Jul 14 2008

REFERENCES

N. J. A. Sloane and Simon Plouffe, The Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences, Academic Press, 1995 (includes this sequence).

K. B. Stolarsky, Integers whose multiples have anomalous digital frequencies, Acta Arithmetica, 38 (1980), 117-128.

LINKS

T. D. Noe, Table of n, a(n) for n=1..1000

R. J. Mathar, Examples of a(n), k and the two binary representations of a(n) and a(n)*k

K. B. Stolarsky, Integers whose multiples have anomalous digital frequencies, Acta Arith. 38 (1981) 117-128.

EXAMPLE

11 is flimsy because A000120(3*11) = 2 < A000120(11) = 3.

107 is flimsy because A000120(3*107) = 3 < A000120(107) = 5.

PROG

(C++) #include <iostream> #include <cstdlib> int A000120(unsigned long long n) { int b=0 ; while(n>0) { b += n & 1 ; n >>= 1 ; } return b; } using namespace std ; int main(int argc, char *argv[]) { unsigned long long kmax=atoi(argv[1]) ; for(unsigned long long n=1;; n++) { const int n120=A000120(n) ; for(unsigned long long k=3; k < kmax ; k+= 2) if ( A000120(k*n) < n120) { cout << n << " " << k << endl ; break ; } } } /* R. J. Mathar, mathar(AT)strw.leidenuniv.nl), Jul 14 2008 */ - R. J. Mathar (mathar(AT)strw.leidenuniv.nl), Jul 14 2008

CROSSREFS

Cf. A000120, A125121 (complement).

Sequence in context: A090137 A205707 A136491 * A062019 A057891 A164708

Adjacent sequences:  A005357 A005358 A005359 * A005361 A005362 A005363

KEYWORD

nonn,nice,base

AUTHOR

Jeffrey Shallit

EXTENSIONS

More terms from R. J. Mathar (mathar(AT)strw.leidenuniv.nl), Jul 14 2008

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