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A080480
Largest number formed by using all the digits (with multiplicity) of next n numbers.
7
1, 32, 654, 98710, 5432111111, 987622111110, 87654322222222, 9654333333332210, 987544444443333210, 98765555555444443210, 9876666666665555543210, 988777777777776666543210, 99998888888888877654321100, 9999999998765544332211111110000000
OFFSET
1,2
LINKS
EXAMPLE
a(4) = 98710 formed by using digits of 7,8,9 and 10.
MATHEMATICA
FromDigits[Sort[Flatten[IntegerDigits/@#], Greater]]&/@Table[ Reverse[ Range[ (n(n+1))/2+1, ((n+1)(n+2))/2]], {n, 0, 15}] (* Harvey P. Dale, May 13 2017 *)
PROG
(Python)
def a(n):
s = "".join(sorted("".join(map(str, range((n-1)*n//2+1, n*(n+1)//2+1)))))
return int("".join(sorted(s, reverse=True)))
print([a(n) for n in range(1, 15)]) # Michael S. Branicky, Jan 23 2021
CROSSREFS
Cf. A053067 (next n concatenated), A076068 (smallest without zeros), A080479 (smallest).
Sequence in context: A192392 A076072 A076069 * A028152 A028176 A028151
KEYWORD
base,easy,nonn
AUTHOR
Amarnath Murthy, Mar 11 2003
EXTENSIONS
More terms from Antonio G. Astudillo (afg_astudillo(AT)lycos.com), Apr 19 2003
More terms from Harvey P. Dale, May 13 2017
STATUS
approved