A358854 Number of even digits necessary to write all the numbers from 0 up to n.

1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 4, 4, 5, 5, 6, 6, 7, 7, 8, 8, 9, 9, 10, 10, 12, 13, 15, 16, 18, 19, 21, 22, 24, 25, 26, 26, 27, 27, 28, 28, 29, 29, 30, 30, 32, 33, 35, 36, 38, 39, 41, 42, 44, 45, 46, 46, 47, 47, 48, 48, 49, 49, 50, 50, 52, 53, 55, 56, 58, 59, 61, 62, 64, 65, 66, 66, 67, 67, 68, 68

Offset

0,3

Comments

Inspired by problem 1 of British Mathematical Olympiad, round 1, in 2016/2017 (link).

Links

Alois P. Heinz, Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..20000

United Kingdom Mathematics Trust, 2016/17 British Mathematical Olympiad Round 1, Problem 1

Index to sequences related to Olympiads.

Formula

a(n) = A117804(n+1) - A279766(n) (number of total digits - number of odd digits).

a(n) = Sum_{k=0..n} A196563(k).

Maple

a:= proc(n) option remember; `if`(n<0, 0, a(n-1)+
      nops(select(x-> x::even, convert(n, base, 10))))
    end:
seq(a(n), n=0..100);  # Alois P. Heinz, Feb 19 2023

Mathematica

Accumulate[Table[Count[IntegerDigits[n], _?EvenQ], {n, 0, 100}]] (* Amiram Eldar, Dec 03 2022 *)

Prog

(Python)
from itertools import accumulate, count, islice
def A196563(n): return sum(1 for d in str(n) if d in "02468")
def agen(): yield from accumulate(A196563(n) for n in count(0))
print(list(islice(agen(), 76))) # Michael S. Branicky, Dec 03 2022

Crossrefs

Cf. A117804, A196563, A279766.

Sequence in context: A373069 A109728 A327036 * A330015 A331163 A157271

Adjacent sequences: A358851 A358852 A358853 * A358855 A358856 A358857

Keyword

nonn,base

Author

Bernard Schott, Dec 03 2022

Status

approved