A131646 - OEIS

A131646

Numbers that can be written from base 2 to base 18 using only the digits 0 to 9 (conjectured to be complete).

0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 18, 19, 20, 1027, 1028, 1029, 14745, 9020076688681, 9439828025162228377, 9439829801208141318

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OFFSET

1,3

COMMENTS

Originally checked to 2^20356 (or 5.8*10^6127) in Nov 2008.

It appears that 19 and 20 are the only numbers > 9 that can be written up to base 19 only using digits 0 to 9 and 20 is the only number > 9 that can be written up to base 20 only using digits 0 to 9.

It is a plausible conjecture that there are no more terms, but this has not been proved. - N. J. A. Sloane, Nov 17 2017

REFERENCES

B. R. Barwell, Numbers Without Letters, Journal of Recreational Mathematics, Vol. 25:3 (1993), 174-179.

LINKS

Table of n, a(n) for n=1..20.

Daniel Mondot, Related Puzzle.

MATHEMATICA

f[n_] := Total[Total@ Drop[RotateRight[DigitCount[n, #]], 10] & /@ Range[11, 18]]; Select[Range[0, 20000], f@ # == 0 &] (* Michael De Vlieger, Aug 29 2015 *)

PROG

(PARI) isok(n) = if (n, for (b=11, 18, if (vecmax(digits(n, b))>9, return(0)))); 1; \\ Michel Marcus, Aug 30 2015

CROSSREFS

Cf. A146025, A146026, A146027, A146028, A146029.

Sequence in context: A048408 A199343 A118765 * A032864 A032888 A023791

Adjacent sequences: A131643 A131644 A131645 * A131647 A131648 A131649

KEYWORD

nonn,base

AUTHOR

Daniel Mondot, Sep 08 2007, Nov 02 2008

EXTENSIONS

Edited by Charles R Greathouse IV, Nov 01 2009

Reference added by William Rex Marshall, Oct 23 2011

STATUS

approved