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First n-digit number to appear twice in a row in the decimal expansion of e.
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%I #42 Jan 21 2023 02:01:32

%S 6,95,427,1828,34619,507629,7342911,21958718,852480872

%N First n-digit number to appear twice in a row in the decimal expansion of e.

%C 18281828 appears in e before any 1-digit, 2-digit, or 3-digit number appears twice in a row.

%C a(n) starts at positions 31, 49, 97, 2, 112869, 5005575, 1561314, 69682897, ... - _Bobby Jacobs_, Sep 05 2017

%e a(1) = 6 because 6 is the first 1-digit number to appear twice in a row in the decimal expansion of e = 2.718281828459045235360287471352(66)...

%t With[{s = Rest@ First@ RealDigits[N[E, 10^5]]}, Keys@ Merge[#, Identity] &@ Table[TakeSmallest[#, 1] &@ Sort[Map[#[[1, 1]] &, DeleteCases[#, {}]]] &@ Map[SequenceCases[#, {a_, b_} /; b == a + n] &, KeyMap[FromDigits, PositionIndex@ Partition[s, n, 1]]], {n, 4}]] (* _Michael De Vlieger_, Aug 16 2017 *)

%t (* or *)

%t s = First@ RealDigits[E,10,51*^5]; Table[p = Partition[s, k, 1]; FromDigits @@ p[[ Select[ Range[ Length@p - k], p[[#]] == p[[#+k]] &, 1]]], {k, 7}] (* much faster, _Giovanni Resta_, Sep 05 2017 *)

%Y Cf. A001113, A288291, A290977.

%K base,more,nonn

%O 1,1

%A _Bobby Jacobs_, Aug 16 2017

%E a(6)-a(8) from _Giovanni Resta_, Sep 05 2017

%E a(9) from _Michael S. Branicky_, Jan 20 2023