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A360190 Starting from 1, successively take the smallest "Choix de Bruxelles" with factor 13 which is not already in the sequence. 2
1, 13, 133, 1333, 13333, 133333, 1333333, 125641, 1256413, 12564133, 1197241, 117481, 9037, 90391, 9031, 90313, 903133, 90241, 902413, 9024133, 90241333, 6941641, 693241, 6932413, 69324133, 6717241, 671557, 65557, 5557, 55591, 5431, 54313, 543133, 54241 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; text; internal format)
OFFSET
0,2
COMMENTS
At a given term t, the Choix de Bruxelles with factor 13 can choose to multiply any decimal digit substring (not starting 0) of t by 13, or divide by 13 if that substring is divisible by 13.
These choices on substrings give various possible next values and here take the smallest not yet in the sequence.
The sequence is finite and ends at a(6851) = 7, since the sole next Choix there is multiplication by 13 to 91, but 91 is already in the sequence at the preceding a(6850) = 91.
LINKS
Eric Angelini, Lars Blomberg, Charlie Neder, Remy Sigrist, and N. J. A. Sloane, "Choix de Bruxelles": A New Operation on Positive Integers, arXiv:1902.01444 [math.NT], Feb 2019; Fib. Quart. 57:3 (2019), 195-200.
Alon Vinkler, C# Program
EXAMPLE
Below, square brackets [] represent multiplication by 13 (e.g., [4] = 52); curly brackets {} represent division by 13 (e.g., {26} = 2); digits outside the brackets are not affected by the multiplication or division (e.g., 1[3] = 139 and 1{169} = 113).
We begin with 1 and, at each step, we go to the smallest number possible that hasn't yet appeared in the sequence:
1 --> [1] = 13
13 --> [1]3 = 133
133 --> [1]33 = 1333
1333 --> [1]333 = 13333
13333 --> [1]3333 = 133333
133333 --> [1]33333 = 1333333
1333333 --> 1{333333} = 125641
... and so on.
PROG
(C#) // See Links
CROSSREFS
Cf. A358708 (steps by factor 2), A323286 (Choix with factor 2).
Sequence in context: A016153 A187732 A031138 * A097166 A073556 A154999
KEYWORD
nonn,base,fini,full
AUTHOR
Alon Vinkler, Jan 29 2023
STATUS
approved

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