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A103662 Smallest power with base>1 and exponent n whose decimal representation doesn't contain the digit 0. 1
1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256, 512, 9765625, 177147, 531441, 8192, 16384, 32768, 65536, 17179869184, 262144, 524288, 3833759992447475122176, 1582794342217312156827221746448942623537121214738891981, 341427877364219557396646723584, 94143178827, 16777216, 33554432, 2541865828329, 134217728, 268435456, 36845653286788892983296, 931322574615478515625, 2147483648, 4294967296, 8589934592, 17179869184, 34359738368, 68719476736, 137438953472, 75557863725914323419136, 549755813888 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; internal format)
OFFSET

0,2

COMMENTS

For statistical reasons it is conjectured that the sequence is finite.

EXAMPLE

base / exponent n / base^exponent

2 1 2

2 2 4

2 3 8

2 4 16

2 5 32

2 6 64

2 7 128

2 8 256

2 9 512

5 10 9765625

3 11 177147

3 12 531441

2 13 8192

2 14 16384

2 15 32768

2 16 65536

4 17 17179869184

2 18 262144

2 19 524288

12 20 3833759992447475122176

381 21 1582794342217312156827221746448942623537121214738891981

22 22 341427877364219557396646723584

3 23 94143178827

...

a(10)=9765625 because 5^10 is the smallest 10th power containing no zero in its decimal representation (2^10=1024, 3^10=59049, 4^10=1048576).

CROSSREFS

Cf. A103663 = smallest bases x such that x^n has a zero-less decimal representation.

Sequence in context: A050732 A138815 A180212 * A180211 A186026 A023423

Adjacent sequences:  A103659 A103660 A103661 * A103663 A103664 A103665

KEYWORD

nonn,fini,base

AUTHOR

Hugo Pfoertner (hugo(AT)pfoertner.org), Feb 28 2005

EXTENSIONS

a(21)=381^21 found by Joshua Zucker (joshua.zucker(AT)stanfordalumni.org). For statistical reasons it is conjectured that the sequence is finite.

a(40), if it exists, is not known.

Edited by Charles R Greathouse IV (charles.greathouse(AT)case.edu), Aug 03 2010

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