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A259368
Number of digits in n^n when written in binary.
0
1, 3, 5, 9, 12, 16, 20, 25, 29, 34, 39, 44, 49, 54, 59, 65, 70, 76, 81, 87, 93, 99, 105, 111, 117, 123, 129, 135, 141, 148, 154, 161, 167, 173, 180, 187, 193, 200, 207, 213, 220, 227, 234, 241, 248, 255, 262, 269, 276, 283, 290, 297, 304, 311, 318, 326, 333
OFFSET
1,2
FORMULA
a(n) = floor(n*log(n)/log(2)) + 1.
a(n) = A070939(A000312(n)). - Michel Marcus, Jul 03 2015
EXAMPLE
For n=3, 3^3=11011_2 so a(3)=5.
MATHEMATICA
Array[IntegerLength[#^#, 2] &, 60] (* or *)
Array[Floor[# Log[2, #]] + 1 &, 60] (* Michael De Vlieger, Jul 03 2015 *)
PROG
(PARI) a(n) = #binary(n^n); \\ Michel Marcus, Jul 03 2015
(Magma) [Floor(n*Log(n)/Log(2)) + 1: n in [1..70]]; // Vincenzo Librandi, Jul 15 2015
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn,easy,base
AUTHOR
Adam J.T. Partridge, Jun 25 2015
STATUS
approved