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A073054 revision #22


A073054
Number of applications of DENEAT operator x -> A073053(x) needed to transform n to 123.
5
2, 5, 2, 5, 2, 5, 2, 5, 2, 5, 2, 4, 2, 4, 2, 4, 2, 4, 2, 4, 3, 2, 3, 2, 3, 2, 3, 2, 3, 2, 2, 4, 2, 4, 2, 4, 2, 4, 2, 4, 3, 2, 3, 2, 3, 2, 3, 2, 3, 2, 2, 4, 2, 4, 2, 4, 2, 4, 2, 4, 3, 2, 3, 2, 3, 2, 3, 2, 3, 2, 2, 4, 2, 4, 2, 4, 2, 4, 2, 4, 3, 2, 3, 2, 3, 2, 3, 2, 3, 2, 2, 4, 2, 4, 2, 4, 2, 4, 2, 4
OFFSET
0,1
COMMENTS
0 first occurs for n=123, 1 first occurs for n=101, 2 first occurs for n=0, 3 first occurs for n=20, 4 first occurs for n=11, 5 first occurs for n=1. What is the least n such that a(n) > 5? - Jason Earls, Jun 03 2005 (Corrected by N. J. A. Sloane, May 12 2019)
Since each string has only finitely many preimages under this map, the sequence is unbounded. Compare A100961. - N. J. A. Sloane, Jun 18 2005
REFERENCES
M. Ecker, Caution: Black Holes at Work, New Scientist (Dec. 1992)
M. J. Halm, Blackholing, Mpossibilities 69, (1999), p. 2.
MATHEMATICA
f[n_] := Block[{id = IntegerDigits[n]}, FromDigits[ Join[ IntegerDigits[ Length[ Select[id, EvenQ[ # ] &]]], IntegerDigits[ Length[ Select[id, OddQ[ # ] &]]], IntegerDigits[ Length[ id]] ]]]; Table[ Length[ NestWhileList[f, n, UnsameQ, All]] - 2, {n, 0, 104}] (* Robert G. Wilson v, Jun 09 2005 *)
CROSSREFS
Sequence in context: A220319 A220342 A221676 * A010695 A021400 A059855
KEYWORD
easy,nonn,base
AUTHOR
Michael Joseph Halm, Aug 16 2002
EXTENSIONS
Edited and corrected by Jason Earls and Robert G. Wilson v, Jun 03 2005
Offset corrected by N. J. A. Sloane, May 12 2019
STATUS
approved