A088885 - OEIS

A088885

Minimum number of consecutive previous nonnegative integers to n that must be concatenated together in descending order such that n divides the concatenated term, or zero if n divides no such concatenation.

1, 2, 2, 2, 5, 2, 0, 6, 8, 10, 0, 6, 0, 8, 5, 4, 2, 8, 3, 0, 0, 10, 0, 12, 0, 0, 26, 16, 0, 20, 0, 20, 11, 2, 20, 8, 0, 0, 0, 20, 40, 20, 4, 32, 35, 46, 38, 20, 40, 0, 2, 0, 0, 26, 10, 20, 3, 0, 0, 20, 55, 0, 0, 52, 0, 32, 0, 44, 17, 20, 0, 36, 26, 0, 50, 52, 21, 38, 67, 20, 0, 0, 9, 20, 0, 4, 59

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OFFSET

1,2

COMMENTS

Concatenation always begins at n-1 and cannot go further than n-n (zero). Hence the maximum value of a(n) is n.

LINKS

Table of n, a(n) for n=1..87.

EXAMPLE

a(8) = 6 because will divide the number formed by concatenating the 6 integers prior to 8 in descending order (i.e. 765432). 8 will not divide any lesser number of previous terms concatenated together beginning with 7 (i.e. 8 will not divide 7, 76, 765, 7654, or 76543). a(7) = 0 because 7 will not divide 6, 65, 654, 6543, 65432, 654321, or 6543210.

CROSSREFS

Cf. A088798, A088800, A088869, A088871, A088886.

Sequence in context: A123914 A347356 A285441 * A232736 A275887 A121358

Adjacent sequences: A088882 A088883 A088884 * A088886 A088887 A088888

KEYWORD

base,nonn

AUTHOR

Chuck Seggelin (barkeep(AT)plastereddragon.com), Oct 29 2003

STATUS

approved