A034888 - OEIS

A034888

Number of digits in 3^n.

1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 4, 4, 5, 5, 6, 6, 7, 7, 8, 8, 9, 9, 10, 10, 11, 11, 11, 12, 12, 13, 13, 14, 14, 15, 15, 16, 16, 17, 17, 18, 18, 19, 19, 20, 20, 21, 21, 21, 22, 22, 23, 23, 24, 24, 25, 25, 26, 26, 27, 27, 28, 28, 29, 29, 30, 30, 31, 31, 32, 32, 32, 33, 33

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OFFSET

0,4

LINKS

G. C. Greubel, Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..10000

FORMULA

a(n) = floor(n*log(3)/log(10)) + 1. E.g., a(10)=5 because 3^10 = 59049 and floor(10*log(3)/log(10)) + 1 = 4 + 1 = 5. - Jaap Spies, Dec 15 2003

a(n) = A055642(3^n) = A055642(A000244(n)). - Michel Marcus, Jun 23 2015

MAPLE

seq(floor(n*ln(3)/ln(10))+1, n=0..100);

MATHEMATICA

Table[Length[IntegerDigits[3^n]], {n, 0, 100}] (* T. D. Noe, Mar 20 2012 *)

IntegerLength[3^Range[0, 70]] (* Harvey P. Dale, Jan 28 2015 *)

PROG

(PARI) a(n)=#Str(3^n) \\ Charles R Greathouse IV, Jul 03 2013

(Magma) [#Intseq(3^n): n in [0..100] ]; // Vincenzo Librandi, Jun 23 2015

(Python)

def a(n): return len(str(3**n))

print([a(n) for n in range(70)]) # Michael S. Branicky, Dec 23 2022

CROSSREFS

Cf. A000244 (powers of 3), A055642 (number of digits of n).

Sequence in context: A088461 A135020 A242681 * A320467 A086388 A111660

Adjacent sequences: A034885 A034886 A034887 * A034889 A034890 A034891

KEYWORD

nonn,base,easy

AUTHOR

N. J. A. Sloane

STATUS

approved