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A124911
a(n) = least integer j>=0 such that n = floor((5^j)/(2^k)) for some integer k>=0.
2
0, 1, 2, 4, 1, 2, 3, 16, 4, 20, 8, 2, 18, 9, 3, 22, 16, 10, 4, 26, 20, 14, 8, 5, 2, 24, 18, 15, 9, 6, 3, 28, 22, 19, 16, 13, 10, 7, 4, 29, 26, 23, 20, 17, 14, 11, 8, 5, 33, 30, 27, 24, 52, 21, 18, 15, 43, 12, 9, 37, 6, 3, 31, 28, 56, 25, 22, 50, 19, 47, 16, 13, 41, 10, 38, 7, 35, 4, 60
OFFSET
1,3
COMMENTS
The k-sequence is A124919.
LINKS
EXAMPLE
1=[5^0/2^0], 2=[5^1/2^1], 3=[5^2/2^3], 4=[5^4/2^7], ...,
so j-sequence=(0,1,2,4,...); k-sequence=(0,1,3,7,...).
MAPLE
N:= 100: # for a(1) .. a(N)
V:=Vector(N, -1): count:= 0:
for j from 0 while count < N do
x:= 5^j;
k0:= max(0, floor(log[2](x/N)));
x:= x/2^(k0-1);
for k from k0 do
x:= x/2;
if x < 1 then break fi;
m:= floor(x);
if m <= N and V[m] = -1 then V[m]:= j; count:= count+1 fi
od od:
convert(V, list); # Robert Israel, Mar 14 2024
CROSSREFS
Cf. A124919.
Sequence in context: A269065 A206475 A227184 * A132954 A069705 A375030
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
Clark Kimberling, Nov 13 2006
STATUS
approved