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A083818
Numbers n such that 2n-1 is the digit reversal of n.
2
1, 37, 397, 3997, 39997, 399997, 3999997, 39999997, 399999997, 3999999997, 39999999997, 399999999997, 3999999999997, 39999999999997, 399999999999997, 3999999999999997, 39999999999999997, 399999999999999997, 3999999999999999997, 39999999999999999997
OFFSET
1,2
COMMENTS
a(n) = 1 + 36 + 360 + 3600 + 36000 + ..., for a total of n terms. a(n) = 1 + sum of first n-1 terms of the geometric progression with first term 36 and common ratio 10. a(n) = 1 + 36*A000042(n-1) (the unary sequence).
FORMULA
a(n) = 4*10^(n-1) - 3.
EXAMPLE
2*37 - 1 = 73.
CROSSREFS
Digit reversals are A169830.
Sequence in context: A264626 A201789 A115926 * A090023 A254682 A232251
KEYWORD
base,easy,nonn
AUTHOR
Amarnath Murthy and Meenakshi Srikanth (menakan_s(AT)yahoo.com), May 08 2003
EXTENSIONS
a(1)=1 inserted by David Radcliffe, Jul 25 2015
STATUS
approved