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A297138
Numbers having a down-first zigzag pattern in base 7; see Comments.
4
7, 14, 15, 21, 22, 23, 28, 29, 30, 31, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 148, 149, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 161, 162, 164, 165, 166, 167
OFFSET
1,1
COMMENTS
A number n having base-b digits d(m), d(m-1),..., d(0) such that d(i) != d(i+1) for 0 <= i < m shows a zigzag pattern of one or more segments, in the following sense. Writing U for up and D for down, there are two kinds of patterns: U, UD, UDU, UDUD, ... and D, DU, DUD, DUDU, ... . In the former case, we say n has an "up-first zigzag pattern in base b"; in the latter, a "down-first zigzag pattern in base b". Example: 2,4,5,3,0,1,4,2 has segments 2,4,5; 5,3,0; 0,1,4; and 4,2, so that 24530142, with pattern UDUD, has an up-first zigzag pattern in base 10, whereas 4,2,5,3,0,1,4,2 has a down-first pattern. The sequences A297137-A297139 partition the natural numbers. See the guide at A297146.
EXAMPLE
Base-7 digits of 5000: 2,0,4,0,2, with pattern DUDU, so that 5000 is in the sequence.
MATHEMATICA
a[n_, b_] := Sign[Differences[IntegerDigits[n, b]]]; z = 300;
b = 7; t = Table[a[n, b], {n, 1, 10*z}];
u = Select[Range[z], ! MemberQ[t[[#]], 0] && First[t[[#]]] == 1 &] (* A297137 *)
v = Select[Range[z], ! MemberQ[t[[#]], 0] && First[t[[#]]] == -1 &] (* A297138 *)
Complement[Range[z], Union[u, v]] (* A297139 *)
CROSSREFS
Sequence in context: A307546 A297261 A296705 * A085335 A069137 A141164
KEYWORD
nonn,easy,base
AUTHOR
Clark Kimberling, Jan 15 2018
STATUS
approved