A308005 A modified Sisyphus function: a(n) = concatenation of (number of odd digits in n) (number of digits in n) (number of even digits in n).

11, 110, 11, 110, 11, 110, 11, 110, 11, 110, 121, 220, 121, 220, 121, 220, 121, 220, 121, 220, 22, 121, 22, 121, 22, 121, 22, 121, 22, 121, 121, 220, 121, 220, 121, 220, 121, 220, 121, 220, 22, 121, 22, 121, 22, 121, 22, 121, 22, 121, 121, 220, 121, 220, 121, 220, 121, 220, 121, 220, 22, 121, 22, 121, 22

Offset

0,1

Comments

If we start with n and repeatedly apply the map i -> a(i), it appears that we eventually reach one of the two fixed points 22 or 231, or enter the two-cycle (33, 220). Are there any other possibilities? This is in contrast to the behavior of the closely related A308003.

References

M. E. Coppenbarger, Iterations of a modified Sisyphus function, Fib. Q., 56 (No. 2, 2018), 130-141.

Links

Robert Israel, Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..10000

Example

11 has 2 digits, both odd, so a(11)=220.
12 has 2 digits, one even and one odd, so a(12)=121. Then a(121) = 231, a fixed point.
22 has two digits, both even, so 22 -> 22, another fixed point  (leading zeros are omitted).

Maple

Maple code based on R. J. Mathar's code for A171797:
nevenDgs := proc(n) local a, d; a := 0 ; for d in convert(n, base, 10) do if type(d, 'even') then a :=a +1 ; end if; end do; a ; end proc:
cat2 := proc(a, b) local ndigsb; ndigsb := max(ilog10(b)+1, 1) ; a*10^ndigsb+b ; end:
catL := proc(L) local a, i; a := op(1, L) ; for i from 2 to nops(L) do a := cat2(a, op(i, L)) ; end do; a; end proc:
A055642 := proc(n) max(1, ilog10(n)+1) ; end proc:
A308005 := proc(n) local n1, n2 ; n1 := A055642(n) ; n2 := nevenDgs(n) ; catL([n1-n2, n1, n2]) ; end proc:
[seq(A308005(n), n=0..80)];

Crossrefs

Cf. A073053 (Sisyphus), A171797, A171798, A171813, A055642, A196563, A196564, A308002, A308003.

Sequence in context: A324355 A331537 A169631 * A280855 A103542 A293871

Adjacent sequences: A308002 A308003 A308004 * A308006 A308007 A308008

Keyword

nonn,base,easy

Author

N. J. A. Sloane, May 12 2019

Status

approved