A279076 Maximum starting value of X such that repeated replacement of X with X-ceiling(X/6) requires n steps to reach 0.

0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 11, 14, 17, 21, 26, 32, 39, 47, 57, 69, 83, 100, 121, 146, 176, 212, 255, 307, 369, 443, 532, 639, 767, 921, 1106, 1328, 1594, 1913, 2296, 2756, 3308, 3970, 4765, 5719, 6863, 8236, 9884, 11861, 14234, 17081, 20498, 24598, 29518, 35422

Offset

0,3

Comments

Inspired by A278586.

Limit_{n->oo} a(n)/(6/5)^n = 3.24387249751177521384734853905517802618171089570674...

Links

Table of n, a(n) for n=0..51.

A.H.M. Smeets, Constants related to repeated replacement of X with X-ceiling(X/d)

Formula

a(n) = floor(a(n-1)*6/5) + 1.

Example

7 -> 7-ceiling(7/6) = 5,
5 -> 5-ceiling(5/6) = 4,
4 -> 4-ceiling(4/6) = 3,
3 -> 3-ceiling(3/6) = 2,
2 -> 2-ceiling(2/6) = 1,
1 -> 1-ceiling(1/6) = 0,
so reaching 0 from 7 requires 6 steps;
8 -> 8-ceiling(8/6) = 6,
6 -> 6-ceiling(6/6) = 5,
5 -> 5-ceiling(5/6) = 4,
4 -> 4-ceiling(4/6) = 3,
3 -> 3-ceiling(3/6) = 2,
2 -> 2-ceiling(2/6) = 1,
1 -> 1-ceiling(1/6) = 0,
so reaching 0 from 8 (or more) requires 7 (or more) steps;
thus, 7 is the largest starting value from which 0 can be reached in 6 steps, so a(6) = 7.

Prog

(Magma) a:=[0]; aCurr:=0; for n in [1..51] do aCurr:=Floor(aCurr*6/5)+1; a[#a+1]:=aCurr; end for; a;

Crossrefs

Cf. A278586.

See the following sequences for maximum starting value of X such that repeated replacement of X with X-ceiling(X/k) requires n steps to reach 0: A000225 (k=2), A006999 (k=3), A155167 (k=4, apparently; see Formula entry there), A279075 (k=5), (this sequence) (k=6), A279077 (k=7), A279078 (k=8), A279079 (k=9), A279080 (k=10). For each of these values of k, is the sequence the L-sieve transform of {k-1, 2k-1, 3k-1, ...}?

Sequence in context: A266744 A242216 A111133 * A076970 A064548 A291927

Adjacent sequences: A279073 A279074 A279075 * A279077 A279078 A279079

Keyword

nonn

Author

Jon E. Schoenfield, Dec 06 2016

Status

approved