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a(n) is the smallest n-digit number whose sum of digits is n.
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%I #34 Mar 31 2024 16:29:22

%S 1,11,102,1003,10004,100005,1000006,10000007,100000008,1000000009,

%T 10000000019,100000000029,1000000000039,10000000000049,

%U 100000000000059,1000000000000069,10000000000000079,100000000000000089,1000000000000000099,10000000000000000199

%N a(n) is the smallest n-digit number whose sum of digits is n.

%H Michael S. Branicky, <a href="/A364578/b364578.txt">Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..1000</a>

%t Table[Module[{t=10^n},While[Total[IntegerDigits[t]]!=n+1,t++];t],{n,0,20}] (* or *) Join[{1},10^Range[63]+Flatten[Table[(k+1) 10^n-1,{n,0,6},{k,9}]]] (* _Harvey P. Dale_, Mar 31 2024 *)

%o (PARI) a(n) = my(k=10^(n-1)); while (sumdigits(k) != n, k++); k; \\ _Michel Marcus_, Aug 16 2023

%o (Python)

%o def a(n): m=(n-1)//9; return int("1"+"0"*(n-m-2)+str((n-1)%9)*(n>1)+"9"*m)

%o print([a(n) for n in range(1,21)]) # _Michael S. Branicky_, Aug 16 2023

%Y Cf. A051885, A202270 (largest instead of smallest).

%K nonn,base,easy

%O 1,2

%A _Roland Kneer_, Aug 14 2023