A188380 Balanced ternary Keith numbers.

3, 49, 73, 88, 97, 198, 840, 1479, 2425, 5277, 18799

Offset

1,1

Comments

Only terms in common with base 3 Keith numbers (A188195) for the range examined are 3 and 840.

If the sum of balanced ternary digits of a positive number is 0 or less, then the recurrence from the digits soon becomes consistently negative and the number in question is not a Keith number in balanced ternary.

Links

Table of n, a(n) for n=1..11.

Example

The number 49 in balanced ternary is {1, -1, -1, 1, 1}. The pentanacci-like sequence continues 1, 1, 3, 7, 13, 25, 49, thus 49 is a Keith number in balanced ternary.

Mathematica

(* First run program at A065363 to define balTernDigits *) keithFromListQ[n_Integer, digits_List] := Module[{seq = digits, curr = digits[[-1]], ord = Length[digits]}, While[curr < n, curr = Plus@@Take[seq, -ord]; AppendTo[seq, curr]]; Return[seq[[-1]] == n]]; Select[Range[3, 19683], Plus@@balTernDigits[#] > 0 && keithFromListQ[#, balTernDigits[#]] &]

Crossrefs

Sequence in context: A359261 A094045 A033494 * A252171 A160763 A041523

Adjacent sequences: A188377 A188378 A188379 * A188381 A188382 A188383

Keyword

nonn,base

Author

Alonso del Arte, Mar 29 2011

Status

approved