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A130084
Smallest number whose tenth power has at least n digits.
5
1, 2, 2, 2, 3, 4, 4, 6, 7, 8, 10, 13, 16, 20, 26, 32, 40, 51, 64, 80, 100, 126, 159, 200, 252, 317, 399, 502, 631, 795, 1000, 1259, 1585, 1996, 2512, 3163, 3982, 5012, 6310, 7944, 10000, 12590, 15849, 19953, 25119, 31623, 39811, 50119, 63096, 79433, 100000
OFFSET
1,2
COMMENTS
Powers of tenth root of 10 rounded up.
LINKS
FORMULA
a(n) = ceiling(10^((n-1)/10)).
EXAMPLE
3^10 = 59049 has five digits, 4^10 = 1048576 has seven digits, hence a(6) = a(7) = 4.
MATHEMATICA
Table[(Ceiling[10^((n - 1)/10)]), {n, 1, 60}] (* Vincenzo Librandi, Sep 20 2013 *)
PROG
(Magma) [Ceiling(Root(10^(n-1), 10)): n in [1..51]];
(Python)
from sympy import integer_nthroot
def A130084(n): return (lambda x:x[0]+(not x[1]))(integer_nthroot(10**(n-1), 10)) # Chai Wah Wu, Jun 20 2024
CROSSREFS
Cf. A011279, A011557 (powers of 10), A017936 (smallest number whose square has n digits), A018005 (smallest number whose cube has n digits), A018074 (smallest number whose fourth power has n digits), A018143 (smallest number whose fifth power has n digits), A130080 to A130083 (smallest number whose sixth ... ninth power has n digits).
Sequence in context: A066920 A035381 A096938 * A017981 A274759 A274157
KEYWORD
nonn,base,easy
AUTHOR
Klaus Brockhaus, May 07 2007
STATUS
approved