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A081503 Number of steps to reach a single digit when map in A081502 is iterated. 1
0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 2, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 2, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 2, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 3, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 2, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 2, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 2, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 2, 3, 3, 3, 3 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; internal format)
OFFSET

0,18

LINKS

Matthew M. Conroy, Home page (listed instead of email address)

FORMULA

a(n) = O(log n).

EXAMPLE

19 -> 3+9 = 12 -> 3+2 = 5, taking 2 steps, so a(19)=2.

CROSSREFS

Sequence in context: A176166 A167911 A037804 * A176508 A047971 A029432

Adjacent sequences:  A081500 A081501 A081502 * A081504 A081505 A081506

KEYWORD

nonn,easy,base

AUTHOR

N. J. A. Sloane (njas(AT)research.att.com), Apr 22 2003

EXTENSIONS

More terms from Matthew Conroy (list1(AT)madandmoonly.com), Jan 16 2006

Formula from Charles R Greathouse IV (charles.greathouse(AT)case.edu), Aug 02 2010

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