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A277547
a(n) = n/9^m mod 9, where 9^m is the greatest power of 9 that divides n.
1
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 1, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 2, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 3, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 4, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 5, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 6, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 7, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 8, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 1, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
OFFSET
1,2
COMMENTS
a(n) is the rightmost nonzero digit in the base 9 expansion of n.
LINKS
EXAMPLE
a(11) = (11/9 mod 9) = 2.
MATHEMATICA
Table[Mod[n/9^IntegerExponent[n, 9], 9], {n, 1, 160}]
PROG
(PARI) a(n) = n/9^valuation(n, 9) % 9; \\ Michel Marcus, Oct 20 2016
CROSSREFS
Cf. A010878.
Sequence in context: A321999 A228822 A255829 * A190598 A338882 A053844
KEYWORD
nonn,easy
AUTHOR
Clark Kimberling, Oct 19 2016
STATUS
approved