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A278742 Lexicographically least strictly increasing sequence such that, for any n>0, Sum_{k=1..n} a(k) can be computed without carries in base 10. 9
1, 2, 3, 10, 11, 12, 20, 30, 100, 110, 200, 300, 1000, 1100, 2000, 2100, 3000, 10000, 20000, 30000, 100000, 110000, 120000, 200000, 300000, 1000000, 1100000, 2000000, 3000000, 10000000, 11000000, 20000000, 21000000, 30000000, 100000000, 200000000, 300000000 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; text; internal format)
OFFSET
1,2
LINKS
Index entries for linear recurrences with constant coefficients, signature (0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,10000).
FORMULA
a(n+17) = 10000*a(n) for any n>0.
a(17k+1) = 10^(4k), k >= 0. - N. J. A. Sloane, Jan 06 2017
G.f.: x*(1 +2*x +3*x^2 +10*x^3 +11*x^4 +12*x^5 +20*x^6 +30*x^7 +100*x^8 +110*x^9 +200*x^10 +300*x^11 +1000*x^12 +1100*x^13 +2000*x^14 +2100*x^15 +3000*x^16) / (1 -10000*x^17). - Colin Barker, Jan 10 2017
EXAMPLE
The first terms, alongside their partial sums, are:
n a(n) Partial sums (A280730)
-- ----- ----------------------
1 1 1
2 2 3
3 3 6
4 10 16
5 11 27
6 12 39
7 20 59
8 30 89
9 100 189
10 110 299
11 200 499
12 300 799
13 1000 1799
14 1100 2899
15 2000 4899
16 2100 6999
17 3000 9999
-- ----- -----
18 10000 19999
19 20000 39999
20 30000 69999
MATHEMATICA
f[a_] := Function[w, Function[s, Total@ Map[PadLeft[#, s] &, w]]@ Max@ Map[Length, w]]@ Map[IntegerDigits, a]; g[n_] := FixedPoint[Function[k, If[Total@ Drop[RotateRight@ DigitCount@ k, 4] > 0, k + (6 * 10^(Position[#, 4][[1, 1]] - 1)) &@ Reverse@ IntegerDigits@ k, k]], n]; a = {1}; Do[If[n <= 17, k = g[Max@ a + 1]; While[Max@ f@ Join[a, {k}] > 9, k = g[k + 1]], k = 10^4 * a[[n - 17]]]; AppendTo[a, k], {n, 2, 37}]; a (* Michael De Vlieger, Dec 18 2016 *)
PROG
(PARI) a(n)=if(n>17, a(n-17)*10000, [1, 2, 3, 10, 11, 12, 20, 30, 100, 110, 200, 300, 1000, 1100, 2000, 2100, 3000][n]) \\ Charles R Greathouse IV, Nov 27 2016
(PARI) Vec(x*(1 +2*x +3*x^2 +10*x^3 +11*x^4 +12*x^5 +20*x^6 +30*x^7 +100*x^8 +110*x^9 +200*x^10 +300*x^11 +1000*x^12 +1100*x^13 +2000*x^14 +2100*x^15 +3000*x^16) / (1 -10000*x^17) + O(x^50)) \\ Colin Barker, Jan 10 2017
CROSSREFS
Sequence in context: A060811 A146327 A344939 * A250174 A285622 A081706
KEYWORD
nonn,base,easy
AUTHOR
Rémy Sigrist, Nov 27 2016
STATUS
approved

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