A297247 Up-variation of the base-16 digits of n; see Comments.

0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 0, 0, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 0, 0, 0

Offset

1,19

Comments

Suppose that a number n has base-b digits b(m), b(m-1), ..., b(0). The base-b down-variation of n is the sum DV(n,b) of all d(i)-d(i-1) for which d(i) > d(i-1); the base-b up-variation of n is the sum UV(n,b) of all d(k-1)-d(k) for which d(k) < d(k-1). The total base-b variation of n is the sum TV(n,b) = DV(n,b) + UV(n,b). Every positive integer occurs infinitely many times. See A297330 for a guide to related sequences and partitions of the natural numbers.

Links

Clark Kimberling, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..10000

Example

20 in base 16: 1,4; here UV = 3, so that a(20) = 3.

Mathematica

g[n_, b_] := Differences[IntegerDigits[n, b]];
b = 16; z = 120; Table[-Total[Select[g[n, b], # < 0 &]], {n, 1, z}];  (* A297246 *)
Table[Total[Select[g[n, b], # > 0 &]], {n, 1, z}]; (* A297247 *)

Crossrefs

Cf. A297246, A297248, A297330.

Sequence in context: A331300 A274933 A080331 * A167463 A053835 A072965

Adjacent sequences: A297244 A297245 A297246 * A297248 A297249 A297250

Keyword

nonn,base,easy

Author

Clark Kimberling, Jan 18 2018

Status

approved