OFFSET
2,2
COMMENTS
10^12 < a(15) <= 33333333333338.
EXAMPLE
a(3) = 4 because e(1) = 2 (1^2 = 1), e(2) = 5 (2^5 = 32), e(3) = 5 (3^5 = 243) and finally e(4) = 3 (4^3 = 64).
MATHEMATICA
e[k_] := Block[{m=2, d = DigitCount@k}, While[Min[DigitCount[k^m] - d] < 0, m++]; m]; a[n_] := Block[{k=1}, While[e[k] != n, k++]; k]; a /@ Range[2, 11]
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn,base,hard,more
AUTHOR
Giovanni Resta, Mar 19 2014
STATUS
approved