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A131544
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Least power of 3 having exactly n consecutive 9's in its decimal representation.
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10
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2, 34, 35, 276, 1520, 2342, 8882, 32313, 164065, 265693, 1123487, 2421341, 6250773, 9995032, 68353789, 78927182
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OFFSET
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1,1
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COMMENTS
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No more terms < 10^8. - Bert Dobbelaere, Mar 20 2019
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LINKS
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Table of n, a(n) for n=1..16.
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EXAMPLE
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a(3)=35 because 3^35 (i.e., 50031545098999707) is the smallest power of 3 to contain a run of 3 consecutive nines in its decimal form.
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MATHEMATICA
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a = ""; Do[ a = StringJoin[a, "9"]; b = StringJoin[a, "9"]; k = 1; While[ StringPosition[ ToString[3^k], a] == {} || StringPosition[ ToString[3^k], b] != {}, k++ ]; Print[k], {n, 1, 10} ]
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PROG
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(Python)
def A131544(n):
....m, s = 1, '9'*n
....for i in range(1, 10**9):
........m *= 3
........if s in str(m):
............return i
....return "search limit reached." # Chai Wah Wu, Dec 11 2014
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CROSSREFS
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Cf. A195269, A131552, A131551, A131550, A131549, A131548, A131547, A131546, A131545.
Sequence in context: A343905 A232591 A098869 * A123284 A123606 A062864
Adjacent sequences: A131541 A131542 A131543 * A131545 A131546 A131547
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KEYWORD
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more,nonn,base
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AUTHOR
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Shyam Sunder Gupta, Aug 26 2007
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EXTENSIONS
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a(11)-a(14) from Lars Blomberg, Feb 02 2013
a(15) from Bert Dobbelaere, Mar 04 2019
a(16) from Bert Dobbelaere, Mar 20 2019
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STATUS
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approved
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