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Table (read by rows) of the natural numbers (in ascending order) whose reciprocals have only periodic decimals of length k.
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%I #15 Jun 15 2021 02:02:20

%S 1,3,9,11,33,99,27,37,111,333,999,101,303,909,1111,3333,9999,41,123,

%T 271,369,813,2439,11111,33333,99999,7,13,21,39,63,77,91,117,143,189,

%U 231,259,273,297,351,407,429,481,693,777,819,1001,1221,1287,1443,2079,2331,2457,2849,3003,3367,3663,3861,4329,5291,6993,8547,9009,10101,10989,12987,15873,25641,27027,30303,37037,47619,76923,90909,111111,142857,333333,999999

%N Table (read by rows) of the natural numbers (in ascending order) whose reciprocals have only periodic decimals of length k.

%C The k-th row always ends with 10^k - 1 = 99..99 (k times 9).

%C The number of elements in row k is A059892(k).

%H Jianing Song, <a href="/A226477/b226477.txt">Rows n = 1..32, flattened</a>

%e The table T(k,m), m = 1..A059892(k), begins

%e 1, 3, 9;

%e 11, 33, 99;

%e 27, 37, 111, 333, 999;

%e etc.

%p a:=[1,3,9]: S:={1,3,9}: for k from 2 to 6 do T:=numtheory[divisors](10^k-1): a:=[op(a),op(T minus S)]: S:=S union T; od: a;

%o (PARI) Row(n) = my(v=divisors(10^n-1)); select(x->(znorder(Mod(10,x))==n), v) \\ _Jianing Song_, Jun 15 2021

%Y Cf. A018282, A018766, A027894, A027893, A027892, A027891, A027890, A027889, A027895, A027896, A027897, A109933, A106305, A111117, A111211, A113116, A113522 (Divisors of 10^k - 1, k = 2..18), A059892, A084680.

%K nonn,base,tabf,easy

%O 1,2

%A _Martin Renner_, Jun 08 2013