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A097717
a(n) = least number m such that the quotient m/n is obtained merely by shifting the leftmost digit of m to the right end.
15
1, 105263157894736842, 1034482758620689655172413793, 102564, 714285, 1016949152542372881355932203389830508474576271186440677966, 1014492753623188405797, 1012658227848, 10112359550561797752808988764044943820224719
OFFSET
1,2
REFERENCES
R. Sprague, Recreation in Mathematics, Problem 21 pp. 17; 47-8 Dover NY 1963.
EXAMPLE
We have a(5)=714285 since 714285/5=142857.
Likewise, a(4)=102564 since this is the smallest number followed by 205128, 307692, 410256, 512820, 615384, 717948, 820512, 923076, ... which all get divided by 4 when the first digit is made last.
MATHEMATICA
Min[Table[Block[{d=Ceiling[Log[10, n]], m=(10n-1)/GCD[10n-1, a]}, If[m!=1, While[PowerMod[10, d, m]!=n, d++ ], d=1]; ((10^(d+1)-1) a n)/(10n-1)], {a, 9}]] (* Anton V. Chupin (chupin(X)icmm.ru), Apr 12 2007 *)
CROSSREFS
A097717: when move L digit to R, divides by n (infinite)
A094676: when move L digit to R, divides by n, no. of digits is unchanged (finite)
A092697: when move R digit to L, multiplies by n (finite)
A128857 is the same sequence as A097717 except that m must begin with 1.
Not the same as A092697.
Cf. A249596 - A249599 (bases 2 to 5).
Sequence in context: A146088 A217592 A092697 * A128857 A357515 A246111
KEYWORD
nonn,base
AUTHOR
Lekraj Beedassy, Sep 21 2004
EXTENSIONS
a(9) from Anton V. Chupin (chupin(X)icmm.ru), Apr 12 2007
Code and b-file corrected by Ray Chandler, Apr 29 2009
STATUS
approved