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A280649
Numbers k such that k^3 has an odd number of digits and the middle digit is 9.
12
28, 33, 41, 108, 132, 157, 159, 175, 178, 181, 184, 187, 190, 193, 196, 204, 207, 209, 466, 474, 480, 486, 492, 508, 514, 515, 518, 519, 528, 536, 539, 552, 570, 588, 611, 627, 638, 648, 651, 657, 658, 659, 660, 706, 707, 708, 714, 719, 745, 757, 763, 765, 772
OFFSET
1,1
COMMENTS
The sequence of cubes starts: 21952, 35937, 68921, 1259712, 2299968, 3869893, 4019679, 5359375, ...
LINKS
Jeremy Gardiner, Middle digit in cube numbers, Seqfan Mailing list, Dec 12 2016.
EXAMPLE
28^3 = 21(9)52, 181^3 = 592(9)741, 536^3 = 1539(9)0656.
MATHEMATICA
ond9Q[n_]:=Module[{idn=IntegerDigits[n^3], len}, len=Length[idn]; OddQ[len]&&idn[[(len+1)/2]]==9]; Select[Range[800], ond9Q] (* Harvey P. Dale, Mar 14 2018 *)
CROSSREFS
See A279420-A279429 for a k^2 version.
See A279430-A279431 for a k^2 version in base 2.
Sequence in context: A230855 A090637 A261113 * A134657 A261106 A375819
KEYWORD
nonn,base,easy
AUTHOR
Lars Blomberg, Jan 07 2017
STATUS
approved