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A072177
a(n)-th factorial is the smallest factorial containing exactly n 3's, or 0 if no such number exists.
9
8, 15, 25, 36, 24, 49, 32, 54, 43, 69, 76, 89, 84, 113, 82, 105, 112, 92, 114, 106, 118, 107, 109, 151, 166, 143, 160, 149, 190, 152, 158, 172, 176, 0, 192, 181, 183, 177, 180, 202, 200, 193, 226, 238, 242, 223, 251, 227, 290, 261, 267, 292, 265, 300, 295, 285
OFFSET
1,1
COMMENTS
It is conjectured that a(34)=0 since no factorial < 10000 contained just 34 threes.
The 500-term b-file contains 16 zeros, each relying on the same conjecture, i.e., that because there is no factorial < 10000! containing just n threes no factorial satisfies the condition. - Harvey P. Dale, Jan 02 2021
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EXAMPLE
a(2)=15 since the 15th factorial, i.e., 15!=1307674368000, contains exactly two 3's.
MATHEMATICA
Do[k = 1; While[ Count[IntegerDigits[k! ], 3] != n, k++ ]; Print[k], {n, 1, 60}]
With[{fc=Range[400]!}, Table[Position[fc, _?(DigitCount[#, 10, 3]==n&), 1, 1]/.{}->0, {n, 60}]]//Flatten (* Harvey P. Dale, Jan 02 2021 *)
KEYWORD
base,nonn
AUTHOR
Shyam Sunder Gupta, Jul 30 2002
EXTENSIONS
Edited and extended by Robert G. Wilson v, Jul 31 2002
STATUS
approved