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A362076
a(1) = 1, a(2) = 2; for n > 2, a(n) is the least positive integer not occurring earlier such that a(n) shares no digit with a(n-2) * a(n-1).
3
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 22, 13, 14, 30, 15, 12, 23, 18, 20, 17, 16, 19, 21, 24, 26, 31, 25, 28, 29, 33, 32, 27, 35, 36, 34, 37, 39, 50, 38, 42, 40, 43, 44, 45, 46, 41, 47, 48, 49, 60, 51, 52, 70, 55, 61, 62, 54, 56, 57, 58, 59, 65, 64, 53, 66, 67, 63, 68, 69, 71, 72, 73, 74, 76, 77
OFFSET
1,2
COMMENTS
The sequence is finite; after 6481 terms a(6480) = 5211 and a(6481) = 44444 resulting in a product of 5211 * 44444 = 231597684. This contains all digits 1 to 9 so the next term does not exist.
The sequence contains 40 fixed points, the last being a(5477).
LINKS
Michael S. Branicky, Python program
Scott R. Shannon, Image of the 6481 terms. The green line is a(n) = n.
EXAMPLE
a(12) = 22 as a(10) * a(11) = 10 * 11 = 110, and 22 is the smallest unused number that does not contain the digits 0 or 1.
PROG
(Python) # see linked program
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn,base,fini,full
AUTHOR
Scott R. Shannon, Apr 08 2023
STATUS
approved