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A368086 The successive sums a(n) + a(n+1) reproduce the decimal expansion of the Champernowne constant. 0

%I #14 Dec 21 2023 21:23:54

%S 0,1,1,2,2,3,3,4,4,5,-4,4,-3,4,-3,5,-4,7,-6,10,-9,14,-13,19,-18,25,

%T -24,32,-31,40,-38,38,-36,37,-35,37,-35,38,-36,40,-38,43,-41,47,-45,

%U 52,-50,58,-56,65,-62,62,-59,60,-57,59,-56,59,-56,60,-57,62,-59,65,-62,69,-66,74,-71,80,-76

%N The successive sums a(n) + a(n+1) reproduce the decimal expansion of the Champernowne constant.

%H Eric Angelini, <a href="https://cinquantesignes.blogspot.com/2023/12/champernowne-gamified.html">Champernowne gamified</a>, Personal blog, December 2023.

%e a(1) + a(2) = 0 + 1 = 1;

%e a(2) + a(3) = 1 + 1 = 2;

%e a(3) + a(4) = 1 + 2 = 3;

%e a(4) + a(5) = 2 + 2 = 4;

%e a(5) + a(6) = 2 + 3 = 5;

%e a(6) + a(7) = 3 + 3 = 6;

%e a(7) + a(8) = 3 + 4 = 7;

%e a(8) + a(9) = 4 + 4 = 8;

%e a(9) + a(10) = 4 + 5 = 9;

%e a(10) + a(11) = 5 + -4 = 1;

%e a(11) + a(12) = -4 + 4 = 0;

%e a(12) + a(13) = 4 + -3 = 1;

%e a(13) + a(14) = -3 + 4 = 1;

%e a(14) + a(15) = 4 + -3 = 1;

%e a(15) + a(16) = -3 + 5 = 2; etc.

%e The rightmost column reproduces the decimal expansion of the Champernowne constant.

%t s=First@RealDigits[ChampernowneNumber[],10,n=70];

%t a[1]=0;a[n_]:=a[n]=s[[n-1]]-a[n-1];Array[a,n] (* _Giorgos Kalogeropoulos_, Dec 11 2023 *)

%o (Python)

%o from itertools import count, islice

%o def chap():

%o for k in count(1): yield from list(map(int, str(k)))

%o def agen(): # generator of terms

%o an = 0

%o for c in chap():

%o yield an

%o an = c - an

%o print(list(islice(agen(), 80))) # _Michael S. Branicky_, Dec 11 2023

%Y Cf. A033307.

%K sign,base,look

%O 1,4

%A _Eric Angelini_ Dec 11 2023

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