OFFSET
0,3
COMMENTS
When n is odd, a(n) is the largest multiple of 3 whose NST representation has n digits. When n is even, a(n) is the smallest multiple of 3 with that property.
LINKS
Don Knuth, Ambidextrous Numbers, Preprint, September 2022. See b_n, (7.3).
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
sign
AUTHOR
N. J. A. Sloane, Sep 18 2022
EXTENSIONS
More terms from Jinyuan Wang, Sep 29 2022
STATUS
approved