OFFSET
0,2
COMMENTS
Numbers m > 1 which never reach 1 are not candidates for a(n).
There is no analog in base 2 (cf. A235602).
Comment from David W. Wilson, Jan 20 2013: let S(0) = {1}; for each n >= 1, compute the set S(n) of possible predecessors of elements of S(n-1). Then a(n) is the smallest element of S(n). Using this approach, I was able to compute up to a(100).
The sequence is finite with a(440), a 1434-digit number being the final term. - Hans Havermann and Ray Chandler, Jan 21 2014
Sequence A236338 gives the count of iterations of A235600 required to reach 1 when starting from any n. Otherwise said: This sequence is the RECORDS transform of A236338. - M. F. Hasler, Jan 22 2014
The terms are a proper subset of A114440. - Robert G. Wilson v, Jan 22 2014
LINKS
Hans Havermann and Ray Chandler, Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..440 [First 100 terms were computed by David W. Wilson]
EXAMPLE
a(4) = 1944: 1944 ->1944/18 = 108 -> 108/9 = 12 -> 12/3 = 4 -> 4/4 = 1 in 4 steps.
MATHEMATICA
s={1}; Print[s[[1]]]; Do[t={}; Do[v=s[[k]]; u={}; Do[If[Total[IntegerDigits[c*v]]==c, AppendTo[u, c*v]], {c, 2, 7000}]; t=Join[t, u], {k, Length[s]}]; s=Sort[t]; Print[s[[1]]], {440}] (* Hans Havermann, Jan 21 2014 *)
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn,base,fini,full
AUTHOR
N. J. A. Sloane and David W. Wilson, Jan 18 2014
EXTENSIONS
a(8) from Hans Havermann, Jan 19 2014
a(9)-a(100) from David W. Wilson, Jan 21 2014
a(101)-a(440) from Hans Havermann and Ray Chandler, Jan 21 2014
STATUS
approved