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A339138
Lexicographically earliest sequence of distinct nonnegative terms such that the first digit d of a(n), for n > 1, is the sum of the two closest digits of d (they are the rightmost digit of a(n-1) and the next digit on the right of d).
1
0, 1, 10, 11, 21, 32, 20, 22, 31, 43, 30, 33, 41, 54, 40, 44, 51, 65, 50, 55, 61, 76, 60, 66, 71, 87, 70, 77, 81, 98, 80, 88, 91, 100, 99, 90, 110, 111, 101, 102, 42, 53, 52, 64, 62, 75, 72, 86, 82, 97, 92, 200, 112, 201, 103, 63, 74, 73, 85, 83, 96, 93, 300, 113, 301, 104, 95, 94, 84, 400, 114, 401, 105, 500, 115
OFFSET
1,3
COMMENTS
The first two digits of a(n) cannot be in ascending order.
MAPLE
a(2) = 1 and 1 is the sum of 0 + 1 (closest digits to 1);
a(3) = 10 and 1 is the sum of 1 + 0 (closest digits to 1);
a(4) = 11 and the first 1 is the sum of 0 + 1 (closest digits to 1);
a(5) = 21 and 2 is the sum of 1 + 1 (closest digits to 2); etc.
CROSSREFS
Cf. A339139 (where the last digit is involved, instead of the first digit).
Sequence in context: A255536 A298849 A277588 * A022100 A041475 A041204
KEYWORD
base,nonn
AUTHOR
Eric Angelini, Nov 25 2020
STATUS
approved