OFFSET
0,2
COMMENTS
The sequence becomes periodic after ten steps: a(10) = a(2). Period length is 8, length of the preperiodic part is 2. - Other starting values except 9, 90, 900, ... result in sequences which exhibit essentially the same behavior.
EXAMPLE
42 -> 4 + 2 + 4^2 + 2^2 = 26, 26 -> 2 + 6 + 2^2 + 6^2 = 48, ...
PROG
(PARI) {m=70; a=1; for(j=1, m, print1(a, ", "); n=a; a=0; while(n>0, d=divrem(n, 10); n=d[1]; a=a+(1+d[2])*d[2]))}
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn,base,easy
AUTHOR
N. J. A. Sloane, Oct 23 2002
EXTENSIONS
Edited and extended by Klaus Brockhaus, Oct 24 2002
STATUS
approved