A108908 Largest n-digit number coprime to n.

9, 99, 998, 9999, 99999, 999997, 9999999, 99999999, 999999998, 9999999999, 99999999999, 999999999997, 9999999999999, 99999999999999, 999999999999998, 9999999999999999, 99999999999999999, 999999999999999997

Offset

1,1

Comments

a(286) = 10^286 - 5 is the first term with a(n) < 10^n - 3. - Rick L. Shepherd

Links

Table of n, a(n) for n=1..18.

Mathematica

f[n_] := Block[{k=10^n-1}, While[ GCD[n, k]>1, k-- ]; k]; Table[ f[n], {n, 18}] (* Robert G. Wilson v *)

Prog

(PARI) for(n=1, 300, m=10^n-1; while(gcd(m, n)>1, m--); print1(m, ", ")) (Rick L. Shepherd)

Crossrefs

Sequence in context: A070843 A261512 A242809 * A116260 A103456 A002283

Adjacent sequences: A108905 A108906 A108907 * A108909 A108910 A108911

Keyword

base,easy,nonn

Author

Amarnath Murthy, Jul 19 2005

Extensions

More terms from Rick L. Shepherd and Robert G. Wilson v, Jul 21 2005

Status

approved