Smallest multiplication
Hello
Math-Fun
We’re looking today for the “smallest” multiplication (using new distinct terms) that produces one after the other all the nonnegative integers.
0 is present in 0 x 1 = 0
1 is present in 2 x 5 = 10 (as we cannot use again the integers 0 and 1)
2 is present in 3 x 4 = 12 (as we cannot use again the integers 0, 1, 2 and 5)
3 is present in 6 x 22 = 132 (as we cannot use again the integers 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5)
4 is present in 7 x 12 = 84 (as we cannot …)
5 is present in 8 x 19 = 152
6 is present in 9 x 14 = 126
7 is present in 10 x 17 = 170
8 is present in 11 x 18 = 198
9 is present in 13 x 15 = 195
10 is present in 16 x 63 = 1008
11 is present in 19 x 58 = 1102
…
Integers used so far that cannot be reused (if I’m not wrong):
0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 22, 58, 63
We’re looking today for the “smallest” multiplication (using new distinct terms) that produces one after the other all the nonnegative integers.
Integers used so far that cannot be reused (if I’m not wrong):
0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 22, 58, 63
We could submit S to the OEIS, with the hereunder (heavy) definition:
— The sequence S must be seen as a succession of pairs of integers:
[a(1), a(2)], [a(3),a(4)], [a(5), a(6)], [a(7), a(8)],…
— All a(n)s are distinct nonnegative integers.
— The integer resulting in a(1) * a(2) has “0” as substring; the product a(3) * a(4) has “1” as substring; the product a(5) * a(6) has “2” as substring; etc.
Best,
É.
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Update
Maximilian H. (the best typo/bug-hunter in town!) was quick to correct and extend S:
> Hello Eric,
I confirm your terms upto (16, 63), but then I get (20, 55),
the 19 is used earlier in 8 * 19 :
S = (0, 1), (2, 5), (3, 4), (6, 22), (7, 12), (8, 19), (9, 14), (10, 17), (11, 18), (13, 15), (16, 63), (20, 55), (21, 58), (23, 31), (24, 59), (25, 46), (26, 62), (27, 64), (28, 65), (29, 66), (30, 34), (32, 38), (33, 37), (35, 67), (36, 68), (39, 75), (40, 315), (41, 47), (42, 69), (43, 103), (44, 70), (45, 71), (48, 84), (49, 117), (50, 268), (51, 85), (52, 93), ...
> For the definition one could use :
Lexicographic earliest sequence of nonnegative integers without duplicates
such that S(2k) * S(2k+1) has k as substring, for all k = 0, 1, 2, ...
-M.
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Great (as always!) -- merci Maximilian!
I get: S = (0, 1), (2, 5), (3, 4), (6, 22), (7, 12), (8, 19), (9, 14), (10, 17), (11, 18),
RépondreSupprimer(13, 15), (16, 63), (20, 55), (21, 58), (23, 31), (24, 59), (25, 46), (26, 62),
(27, 64), (28, 65), (29, 66), (30, 34), (32, 38), (33, 37), (35, 67), (36, 68),
(39, 75), (40, 315), (41, 47), (42, 69), (43, 103), (44, 70), (45, 71), (48, 84),
(49, 117), (50, 268), (51, 85), (52, 93), ...
Alternate definition: Lexicographic earliest sequence of distinct nonnegative integers such that S(2k) * S(2k+1) has k as substring, for all k >= 0.