OFFSET
1,2
COMMENTS
Strictly speaking, a junction number is a number n with more than one solution to x+digitsum(x) = n. However, it seems best to start this sequence with n=0, for which there is just one solution, x=0. - N. J. A. Sloane, Oct 31 2013.
a(3) = 10^13 + 1 was found by Narasinga Rao, who reports that Kaprekar verified that it is the smallest term. No details of Kaprekar's proof were given.
a(4) = 10^24 + 102 was conjectured by Narasinga Rao.
a(5) = 10^1111111111124 + 102. - Conjectured by Narasinga Rao, confirmed by Max Alekseyev and N. J. A. Sloane.
a(6) = 10^2222222222224 + 10000000000002. - Max Alekseyev
a(7) = 10^( (10^24 + 10^13 + 115) / 9 ) + 10^13 + 2. - Max Alekseyev
a(8) = 10^( (2*10^24 + 214)/9 ) + 10^24 + 103. - Max Alekseyev
REFERENCES
M. Gardner, Time Travel and Other Mathematical Bewilderments. Freeman, NY, 1988, p. 116.
D. R. Kaprekar, The Mathematics of the New Self Numbers, Privately printed, 311 Devlali Camp, Devlali, India, 1963.
Narasinga Rao, A. On a technique for obtaining numbers with a multiplicity of generators. Math. Student 34 1966 79--84 (1967). MR0229573 (37 #5147)
N. J. A. Sloane and Simon Plouffe, The Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences, Academic Press, 1995 (includes this sequence).
LINKS
Max Alekseyev, Table of expressions for a(n), for n=1..100
Max A. Alekseyev and N. J. A. Sloane, On Kaprekar's Junction Numbers, arXiv:2112.14365, 2021; Journal of Combinatorics and Number Theory 12:3 (2022), 115-155.
D. R. Kaprekar, The Mathematics of the New Self Numbers [annotated and scanned]
N. J. A. Sloane, "A Handbook of Integer Sequences" Fifty Years Later, arXiv:2301.03149 [math.NT], 2023, p. 21.
Terry Trotter, Charlene numbers [Warning: As of March 2018 this site appears to have been hacked. Proceed with great caution. The original content should be retrieved from the Wayback machine and added here. - N. J. A. Sloane, Mar 29 2018]
FORMULA
a(n) = the smallest m such that there are exactly n solutions to A062028(x)=m.
EXAMPLE
a(4) = 10^24 + 102 = 1000000000000000000000102 has exactly four inverses w.r.t. A062028, namely 999999999999999999999893, 999999999999999999999902, 1000000000000000000000091 and 1000000000000000000000100.
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn,base
AUTHOR
EXTENSIONS
Edited, a(5)-a(6) added by Max Alekseyev, Jun 01 2011
a(1) added, a(5) corrected, a(7)-a(8) added by Max Alekseyev, Oct 26 2013
STATUS
approved