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A332842
Initial digit of n-th superfactorial.
1
1, 1, 2, 1, 2, 3, 2, 1, 5, 1, 6, 2, 1, 7, 6, 9, 1, 6, 4, 5, 1, 6, 7, 1, 1, 1, 7, 7, 2, 2, 5, 4, 1, 1, 3, 3, 1, 1, 8, 1, 1, 4, 6, 4, 1, 1, 7, 1, 2, 1, 4, 6, 5, 2, 5, 6, 4, 1, 4, 6, 5, 2, 8, 1, 2, 1, 9, 3, 8, 1, 1, 1, 9, 4, 1, 3, 6, 9, 1, 9, 6, 3, 1, 7, 2, 6, 1, 3, 6, 1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 2, 2
OFFSET
0,3
FORMULA
a(n) = A000030(A000178(n)).
EXAMPLE
a(6) = 2 because A000178(6) = 24883200.
PROG
(PARI) a(n) = digits(prod(k=2, n, k!))[1]; \\ Michel Marcus, Feb 26 2020
(Python)
def A332842(n):
m, k = 1, 1
for i in range(2, n+1):
k *= i
m *= k
return int(str(m)[0]) # Chai Wah Wu, Mar 17 2020
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
easy,nonn,base
AUTHOR
Eder Vanzei, Feb 26 2020
STATUS
approved