OFFSET
1,5
COMMENTS
Based on a search limit of 5*10^9 up to n = 200000 the values of n for which no a(n) is found are n = 1,2,3,4. This is likely the complete list of values for which no a(n) exists.
The sequence contains long runs of consecutive terms with the same value, resulting in the image for the values having a staircase-like pattern. In the first 200000 terms the longest run is 88890 terms, starting from a(61110), all of which have a(n) = 50000.
LINKS
Scott R. Shannon, Line graph of the terms for n=5..6111.
EXAMPLE
a(5) = 5 as 5+5 = 10 which contains 5-5 = 0 as a substring.
a(6) = 5 as 6+5 = 11 which contains 6-5 = 1 as a substring.
a(15) = 10 as 15+10 = 25 which contains 15-10 = 5 as a substring.
a(35) = 29 as 35+29 = 64 which contains 35-29 = 6 as a substring.
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
sign,base
AUTHOR
Scott R. Shannon, Feb 03 2021
STATUS
approved