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A077369
Smallest n-digit triangular number whose external digits as well as internal digits form triangular numbers, or -1 if no such number exists.
1
0, 10, 105, 1035, 19900, 162165, 1057785, 10628355, 497086215, 1037196285, 10379451160, 100611783910, 1009356921705, 22222221111111, 159874280406855, 2222222211111111, 30089723753897506, 138961477283832105, 1001626196023188555, 22222222221111111111, 200026159385335864701, 1000091594147464659855
OFFSET
1,2
COMMENTS
Smallest n-digit number in A077368. - Andrew Howroyd, Sep 21 2024
FORMULA
a(n) <= A077370(n). - Andrew Howroyd, Sep 21 2024
PROG
(PARI) \\ here isok(k) tests if k in A077368.
isok(k)={if(k<10, 1, my(b=10^logint(k, 10)); ispolygonal(k%b\10, 3) && ispolygonal(k\b*10+k%10, 3))}
a(n)={for(k=(sqrtint(8*(10^(n-1)-1)+1)+1)\2, (sqrtint(8*(10^n-1)+1) -1)\2, my(t=k*(k+1)/2); if(isok(t), return(t))); oo} \\ Andrew Howroyd, Sep 21 2024
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
base,easy,nonn
AUTHOR
Amarnath Murthy, Nov 06 2002
EXTENSIONS
Offset corrected and a(6)-a(22) from Andrew Howroyd, Sep 21 2024
STATUS
approved