OFFSET
2,9
COMMENTS
T(n,k) is the least number of powers of n that add up to k. - Mohammed Yaseen, Nov 12 2022
LINKS
Robert Israel, Table of n, a(n) for n = 2..10012 (indices corrected to start at 2 by Sidney Cadot, Jan 07 2023)
K. Atanassov, On Some of Smarandache's Problems
Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Digit Sum
Wikipedia, Digit sum
EXAMPLE
A000120 0, 1, 1, 2, 1, 2, 2, 3, 1, 2, 2, 3, 2, 3, 3, 4, 1, 2, 2
A053735 0, 1, 2, 1, 2, 3, 2, 3, 4, 1, 2, 3, 2, 3, 4, 3, 4, 5, 2
A053737 0, 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3, 4, 2, 3, 4, 5, 3, 4, 5, 6, 1, 2, 3
A053824 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 3, 4, 5, 6
A053827 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 3
A053828 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
A053829 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 2, 3, 4
A053830 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 2
A007953 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
A053831 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
A053832 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
A053833 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
A053834 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
A053835 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 1, 2, 3, 4
A053836 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 1, 2, 3
MAPLE
[seq(seq(convert(convert(n-b, base, b), `+`), b=n..2, -1), n=1..15)]; # Robert Israel, Aug 02 2020
MATHEMATICA
DigitSum[n_, b_: 10] := Total[IntegerDigits[n, b]]; Table[ DigitSum[n - b, b], {n, 2, 13}, {b, n, 2, -1}] // Flatten
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
AUTHOR
Henry Bottomley & Robert G. Wilson v, Sep 16 2012
EXTENSIONS
Name and offset corrected by Mohammed Yaseen, Nov 12 2022
STATUS
approved