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A198036
Number of iterations of k = digitsum(n*k) until a number appears twice, starting with k = 1.
0
2, 7, 4, 5, 7, 4, 5, 4, 3, 2, 8, 4, 5, 8, 4, 5, 4, 3, 3, 7, 5, 5, 8, 4, 5, 4, 3, 3, 8, 4, 5, 8, 4, 5, 4, 3, 3, 8, 5, 5, 8, 5, 5, 4, 3, 3, 9, 4, 5, 7, 5, 8, 4, 4, 3, 8, 5, 8, 9, 4, 8, 6, 4, 3, 8, 4, 5, 8, 4, 5, 6, 4, 3, 8, 5, 5, 8, 4
OFFSET
1,1
COMMENTS
Take n, then starting with k=1, apply iteration k = digitsum(n*k), stop when the new k appears before in the row, length of the n-th row is a(n):
n=1: {1,1}, a(1)=2
n=2: {1,2,4,8,7,5,1}, a(2)=7
n=3: {1,3,9,9}, a(3)=4
n=4: {1,4,7,10,4}, a(4)=5.
MATHEMATICA
Table[k = 1; s = {k}; While[k = Total[IntegerDigits[n*k]]; FreeQ[s, k], AppendTo[s, k]]; Length[s] + 1, {n, 100}]
CROSSREFS
Sequence in context: A222237 A347767 A325644 * A316249 A197143 A132724
KEYWORD
nonn,base
AUTHOR
Zak Seidov, Oct 20 2011
STATUS
approved