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A040163
a(n) is the absolute value of (the first digit of n minus the last digit of n).
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0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 2, 1, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 3, 2, 1, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 4, 3, 2, 1, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 0, 1, 2, 3, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 0, 1, 2, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 0, 1, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
OFFSET
1,13
LINKS
FORMULA
a(n) = abs(floor(n / 10 ^ floor(log_10(n))) - (n - floor(n / 10) * 10)) - David F. Marrs, Oct 14 2018
EXAMPLE
a(371) = abs(3 - 1) = 2.
a(567) = abs(5 - 7) = 2.
MATHEMATICA
Array[Abs[First@ # - Last@ #] &@ IntegerDigits@ # &, 106] (* Michael De Vlieger, Oct 15 2018 *)
PROG
(PARI) a(n) = my(digs = digits(n)); abs(digs[1] - digs[#digs]); \\ Michel Marcus, Sep 27 2013
(PARI) apply( {A040163(n)=abs(n\10^logint(n+!n, 10)-n%10)}, [0..111]) \\ M. F. Hasler, Apr 22 2024
(Python) for n in range(1, 51): print(abs(int(str(n)[0])-int(str(n)[-1]))) # David F. Marrs, Oct 14 2018
CROSSREFS
Cf. A000030 (first digit of n), A010879 (last digit of n).
Sequence in context: A070615 A040114 A064834 * A113608 A040115 A080465
KEYWORD
nonn,base
AUTHOR
STATUS
approved