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A342264
Lexicographically earliest sequence of distinct nonnegative terms such that both a(n) and a(n) + a(n+1) have digits in nondecreasing order.
2
0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 13, 11, 12, 14, 15, 18, 16, 17, 19, 25, 22, 23, 24, 33, 26, 29, 27, 28, 38, 39, 49, 66, 45, 34, 35, 44, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 67, 46, 68, 47, 69, 48, 77, 36, 78, 37, 79, 88, 89, 99, 123, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 118, 116, 117, 119, 125, 122, 124, 133, 126, 129, 127, 128, 138
OFFSET
1,3
COMMENTS
10 is obviously the first integer not present in the sequence as 1 > 0.
EXAMPLE
a(10) = 9 and a(11) = 13 sum up to 22: the three numbers have digits in nondecreasing order;
a(11) = 13 and a(12) = 11 sum up to 24 (same property);
a(12) = 11 and a(13) = 12 sum up to 23 (same property); etc.
PROG
(Python)
def nondec(n): s = str(n); return s == "".join(sorted(s))
def aupton(terms):
alst = [0]
for n in range(2, terms+1):
an = 1
while True:
while an in alst: an += 1
if nondec(an) and nondec(alst[-1]+an): alst.append(an); break
else: an += 1
return alst
print(aupton(74)) # Michael S. Branicky, Mar 07 2021
CROSSREFS
Cf. A009994 (numbers with digits in nondecreasing order), A342265 and A342266 (variations on the same idea).
Sequence in context: A081549 A085889 A342951 * A094823 A032973 A174887
KEYWORD
base,nonn
AUTHOR
Eric Angelini and Carole Dubois, Mar 07 2021
STATUS
approved